We'll start with the anti-science from RFK Jr (as reported by the Beeb):
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses that cause diseases such as the flu and Covid-19.
That will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said.
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, announced he was pulling the funding over claims that "mRNA technology poses more risks than benefits for these respiratory viruses".
This was published August 5, 2025.
And now the science from a few months later (as published by JAMA):
In this national cohort study of 28 million individuals, the results found no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against COVID-19, further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines that are widely used worldwide.
Specifically, the study was to answer this question:
Are COVID-19 mRNA vaccines associated with the long-term risk of all-cause mortality?
So it seems that science has an answer and, simply put, that answer is "No."
Science.
