KFF Health, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, recently published an expose asserting that two senior scientists have reported that National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in their grant applications.
According to this media entity, this directive has raised concerns that the Trump administration may be planning to abandon mRNA vaccine research, and furthermore, it decries that a supposedly promising field of medical science will be axed.
As an example, the KFF Health report indicated that an NIH project officer informed a scientist from a biomedical research center in Philadelphia that their pending grant had been “flagged” for having an mRNA vaccine component.
A scientist at a biomedical research center in Philadelphia wrote to a colleague, in an email reviewed by KFF Health News, that a project officer at NIH had “flagged our pending grant as having an mRNA vaccine component.”“It’s still unclear whether mRNA vaccine grants will be canceled,” the scientist added.NIH officials also told a senior NIH-funded vaccine scientist in New York state, who does not conduct mRNA vaccine research but described its efficacy in previous grant applications, that all references to mRNA vaccines should be scrubbed from future applications.Scientists relayed their experiences on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retaliation by the Trump administration.
Interestingly, KFF author Arthur Allen published this information in the Minnesota Reformer. Allen continues this screed by pointing a finger at Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The article claims that a senior official at the National Cancer Institute confirmed that NIH acting Director Matthew Memoli sent an email instructing that any grants, contracts, or collaborations involving mRNA vaccines be reported to Kennedy’s office and the White House.”
All of this is being done anonymously because they are “scared” of the Trump administration.
A senior official at the National Cancer Institute confirmed that NIH acting Director Matthew Memoli sent an email across the NIH instructing that any grants, contracts, or collaborations involving mRNA vaccines be reported up the chain to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s office and the White House.Memoli sent a similar message ahead of the agency canceling other research, such as studies of vaccine hesitancy.Memoli’s email on that topic bluntly stated that NIH was not interested in learning why people shun vaccines or in exploring ways to “improve vaccine interest and commitment.”The National Cancer Institute official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said that “it is reasonable to assume mRNA vaccine work is next.”
Now, I would like to share a little background on Allen, the author of the KFF Health article that is making the rounds on the internet. He has a long list of publications for which he has written, including many that have distorted reporting on Trump, Kennedy, and any other entity that challenges the preferred narrative. For example, Politico and AP.
And his views on the coronavirus vaccine are positively glowing.
Arthur Allen, senior correspondent, writes about the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry as well as topics related to covid-19. He joined KFF Health News in 2020 after six years at Politico, where he created, edited, and wrote for its first news team to focus on health information technology. Previously, he was a freelance writer for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and Slate.He also worked for The Associated Press for 13 years, including stints as a correspondent based in El Salvador, Mexico, and Germany. He is the author of the books “Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver,” “Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato,” and “The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl.” He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley.
What are Allen’s science credentials? He has a Bachelor’s Degree in “Development Studies”. According the US Berkeley, ‘development studies‘ are “blending knowledge from political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, geography, history, and environmental science”.
I have posted several reports on the potential adverse health effects of the coronavirus vaccines. Many Americans, including Dr. Fauci, have become infected with COVID-19 even after multiple vaccinations.
I want the Trump administration to dig deep and question every grant request, especially on this subject.
I voted for this.
Let me offer an alternative explanation for the timing of this report. TrialSiteNews is an independent online platform dedicated to providing transparent and open coverage of clinical research trials globally. Founded in late 2018, the platform aims to drive awareness, introduce transparency, and facilitate engagement in the biomedical research field.
After attempting to corroborate the KFF Health piece, the site’s analysis questions the motivation and the timing.
Is this KFF News piece potentially designed to alarm industry and provoke a response from Trump? The President was the force behind Operation Warp Speed and is known to be proud of the mRNA vaccines and the lives saved. If so, it is likely to intensify tensions between the White House and HHS. Could that be the aim of this piece?
The data suggests that it would be wise to question everything about mRNA vaccine research, including the motivation and the timing of the KFF article.
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