{"id":14897,"date":"2025-08-14T22:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=14897"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:19:33","slug":"why-did-hhs-stop-funding-mrna-research","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/why-did-hhs-stop-funding-mrna-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did HHS stop funding mRNA research?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1953550714950602931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>\u00a0featuring Dr. Steven Hatfill, an HHS advisor, claims that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/15787612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large studies<\/a>\u00a0showed mRNA COVID vaccines had no benefit and were riskier than getting COVID, causing huge side effects and cell damage by flooding cells with mRNA that disrupts proteins, harms tumor-fighting genes, and hurts mitochondria.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The\u00a0Department of Health and Human Services is using this compilation of studies to defend a recent decision to cut funding to mRNA vaccines.\u00a0Dr. Steven Hatfill explained that meta-analyses were conducted on these studies to conclude that mRNA vaccines are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0when you start looking at the studies themselves, it&#8217;s clear they are just pulling any study that merely mentions spike protein, regardless of source. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34906770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33505220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two<\/a>\u00a0studies listed specifically discuss the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and barely touch on the mRNA vaccines. And in the first 10 studies, only 2 are specifically about vaccines, with one of them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34339040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluding<\/a>\u00a0that vaccines &#8220;may potentially reduce or prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, leading to a significant reduction of the global health burden of this pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hearing Dr. Hatfill&#8217;s comments, you could be convinced that mRNA vaccines cause cancer, but they do not.\u00a0Most of the mRNA from the vaccine stays at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/unsubstantiated-claims-by-michael-palmer-sucharit-bhakdi-dont-demonstrate-covid-19-vaccines-harm-organs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">injection site<\/a>, but some\u00a0travels and is taken up by other organs.<\/p>\n<p>Like in every other situation, the mRNA will then direct those cells to produce spike proteins, which will be anchored to those cells. The mRNA will then degrade within a day or so. Because the mRNA cannot access the nucleus of the cell where DNA resides, it does not change your DNA, and it cannot, therefore, give you turbo cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, the spike proteins trigger an immune response and nothing else. They are not capable of entering another cell or replicating and causing cancer. They are just on display for your immune system to learn about.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that mRNA vaccines are unsafe don\u2019t hold up. We break down the studies HHS cited\u2014and what they actually say about vaccine safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-14897","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14905,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14897\/revisions\/14905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=14897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}