Dr. David Martin on Trump signing the EO to modernize influenza vaccines

“My guess is he still doesn’t entirely know what those things [mRNA vaccines] mean”

The EO assigns special responsibilities to BARDA:

“(C)  further support the conduct, in collaboration with the DOD, BARDA, and CDC, of applied scientific research regarding developing cell lines and expression systems that markedly increase the yield of cell-based and recombinant influenza vaccine manufacturing processes; and
(D)  assess, in coordination with BARDA and relevant vaccine manufacturers, the use and potential effects of using advanced manufacturing platforms for influenza vaccines;”



https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-modernizing-influenza-vaccines-united-states-promote-national-security-public-health/