Subverting The Future

     The FDA has declined Moderna's request for review of their mRNA flu vaccine, stymieing a path to approval for using the vaccine in the U.S.; that's a fact.

     I can't verify the follow-on yet; the only source is a single user on "X" (formerly Twitter), Leah Libresco Sargeant, who claims, "Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases...," sidelining develpment of mRNA vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, shingles and herpes because without access to the U.S. market, the effort is likely to lose money.

     Big if true, and a real loss for humanity.  Moderna's a for-profit corporation, not a charity, and they didn't make the rules: if the corporation doesn't make money for its investors, the investors stop investing.

     The flu vaccine rejection is a direct result of RFK, Jr's thumb on the scales.  A successful vaccine is almost literally a "better mousetrap," and Moderna's track record is good -- not a sure thing, but about as close as it gets.  Americans voted for this, and the Senate didn't stop it.