Previously, Covid vaccines were recommended for anyone 6 months or older. In August, as a part of a “coordinated wind-down” of mRNA vaccine research, HHS canceled 22 related contracts and investments worth nearly $500 million. Despite the administration’s backlash against mRNA vaccines, Bancel said he is “encouraged by the dialog” that the company has had with the FDA. “We are using exactly the same technology to go from infectious disease to cancer,” Bancel said. He also addressed accusations that the Covid vaccines have not been well tested.