But last year, Health and Human Services terminated $500 million in contracts for cutting edge MRNA vaccine development and then redirected that funding to 80 year old vaccine technology. Experts have expressed serious concerns that this technology is outdated and inferior. and that the way the funding was awarded circumvented the scientific review process. Dr. Bhattacharya, will you commit to providing this subcommittee with the contracts that awarded that funding? Senator? (00:38–00:45)
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Asserts that experts have concerns about the outdated and inferior nature of the redirected technology.
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