Anti-vaccine sentiment may derail vaccines already awaiting FDA approval, experts fear

This trend of lawmakers pushing to ban the use of mRNA technology is “striking” and suggests that scientists and doctors could do a “better job” of communicating with the general public, public health officials and lawmakers about the overall benefits and risks of mRNA medicines, said Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

“A complete ban on a technology would be a very striking move, as opposed to exploring a concern with a particular product. It’s like saying that there is something that you dislike about a website, so you’re going to ban the entire Internet,” Barouch said. Read Full Article…