WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Getty Images

Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently stated that the mRNA technology “should not be used as a platform for mass vaccination.” This raises the question, why? Bhattacharya says it’s because the public doesn’t trust it. However, it seems the public’s qualms stem in large part from misinformation with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines. As such, the mRNA vaccine platform suffers mainly from manufactured distrust.

Misgivings expressed by top officials like Bhattacharya prompted the federal government’s discontinuation of mRNA vaccine development programs last month. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy

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