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by ceejayoz 328 days ago
Probably because the HHS secretary is vehemently opposed to lipid nanoparticles.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/18/rfk-jrs-potential-future-ta...

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nih-grants-mrna-vacci...

> National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

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They've been working on this for years. It's not anything to do with the current administration.
Yeah, if not for Germany, the covid vax wouldn't have been unreachable.