More than four years ago, President Donald Trump welcomed the development of safe and effective messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for COVID-19. He praised them as a “monumental national achievement” in modern medicine.
The mRNA platform allowed scientists to start working on a vaccine shortly after the genetic sequence of COVID-19 was published. Clinical trials began just five days after the World Health Organization declared the pandemic.
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Source: https://thedispatch.com/article/robert-f-kennedy-jr-mrna-vaccines-hhs