'Operation Warp Speed' was one of the clear successes of attempts to counter the Covid19 pandemic. It basically directed finance to the development of the novel mRNA vaccines, facilitating the rapid production of treatments for the new viral infection. The recent US halting of $500m to research contracts on mRNA research, consequently seems a very retrograde step. It not only blocks new vaccine production, it also reduces the cohort of researchers likely to be important in attempting to contain further pandemics (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/11/rfk-jr-trump-vaccine-research-avian-flu). Devi Sridhar (Edinburgh University) notes that the H5N1 avian 'flu virus variant is probably only one mutation away from facilitating human to human transmission. Human Avian 'flu might well be more difficult to contain and deadly than Covid19. Now, is not a good time to weaken our medical defences.
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