Canadian doctors and scientists say that withdrawing funding for ARNM vaccine development projects by the United States Health and Social Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Son, will have negative health effects in Canada and worldwide.
Virologist Angela Rasmussen, of the University of Saskatchewan, says that, unlike other vaccines, mRNA vaccines can be made very quickly and easily modified to fight new viruses and adapt to the evolution of strains.
PRE RASMUSSEN and other medical experts say that this ability is essential while the world is preparing for the possible next pandemic with the avian H5N1 flu.
Canada’s research chair in viral pandemies, Matthew Miller, says the United States is one of the world’s largest medical donors in the world and that the removal of its research financing on mRNA vaccines will probably brake development and threaten Canada access to an essential vaccine technology.
The Dre Cora Constantinescu, a specialist in infectious diseases in Calgary, says that the false affirmations of RFK according to which mRNA vaccines are dangerous and ineffective will cause a “crisis of confidence in vaccines” on both sides of the border.
She adds that disinformation can also influence public opinion on other types of vaccines, which is particularly dangerous at the moment, while Canada and the United States are faced with epidemics of vaccination, such as measles.
On August 5, Kennedy announced that the United States Ministry of Health and Social Services suspected funding of 22 ARNM vaccine projects, worth nearly US $ 500 million.
In May, he already canceled the financing of Moderna development of a pandemic influenza vaccine. A Moderna Canada spokesperson said in an email on Thursday that the company “continues to explore spare solutions to advance its H5N1 program, in accordance with its global commitment to preparation for pandemics.”
Pfizer Canada and Moderna Canada confirmed to the Canadian press on Thursday that the removal of the United States from mRNA vaccines should not affect the availability in Canada this fall of their updated vaccines against COVVI-19.
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