Former Trump surgeon general says “people are going to die” after RFK Jr. halts some mRNA vaccine research

Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned that cutting funding for mRNA vaccine development, following Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s $500 million funding halt, could lead to unnecessary deaths, citing the technology’s role in saving millions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Adams criticized Kennedy’s response to a recent shooting near the CDC, claiming it lacked urgency and failed to adequately condemn violence against health workers.

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