mRNA research exemplifies the promise of biopharmaceutical science. Policies that discourage the use of mRNA technology risk slowing progress that could save lives. If Idaho moves forward with a moratorium on mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women, it is ultimately patients who will bear the cost.
A bill currently making its way through the Idaho Legislature could put the health of countless people at risk.
Idaho’s Senate Health Committee recently atdvanced legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on certain human gene therapy products and ban the use of mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women for two years.
If enacted, the measure would block Idaho patients from accessing promising new vaccines even if federal regulators determine they are safe and effective. It would also send a troubling message that politics — not science or patient choice — will determine which medical technologies Idahoans are allowed to use.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
The Legislature shouldn’t decide what vaccines to make illegal
Sally Pipes and Wayne Winegarden
mRNA research exemplifies the promise of biopharmaceutical science. Policies that discourage the use of mRNA technology risk slowing progress that could save lives. If Idaho moves forward with a moratorium on mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women, it is ultimately patients who will bear the cost.
A bill currently making its way through the Idaho Legislature could put the health of countless people at risk.
Idaho’s Senate Health Committee recently atdvanced legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on certain human gene therapy products and ban the use of mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women for two years.
If enacted, the measure would block Idaho patients from accessing promising new vaccines even if federal regulators determine they are safe and effective. It would also send a troubling message that politics — not science or patient choice — will determine which medical technologies Idahoans are allowed to use.
The consequences could be serious.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.