Montana seeks to ban mRNA shots as vaccine hesitancy soars [View all]
Source: Semafor
Montana seeks to ban mRNA shots as vaccine hesitancy soars
Tom Chivers and Mizy Clifton
Updated Feb 18, 2025, 10:21am EST
North America
Montana’s state legislature will vote on a bill to ban mRNA vaccines, the latest indication of soaring vaccine hesitancy on the political right in the US following the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a vaccine skeptic — to lead the nation’s health and medical science agencies as part of the new Trump administration.
Vaccines using mRNA technology rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the shots credited with helping to prevent and treat the disease. The same technology is being developed to vaccinate against some forms of cancer and other infectious diseases, with the scientists who first developed the tech winning the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Yet vaccine hesitancy in the US has soared since the pandemic, and the medical reality has similarly become increasingly apparent: One Texas county where there are widespread vaccine exemptions is currently the epicenter of a measles outbreak, while high rates of flu this season have been linked to reduced vaccine rates: Flu vaccinations were at their lowest in 12 years.
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