Yea, there is a much longer history.

What's really crazy is that this is the same (?, 2.0) administration that championed the Project Warpspeed that led to this sequence of events. You'd think they'd be talking up how great they did and all the potential mRNA has to MAHA, yet here we are...

Good point! He gave the reigns to a nutter and fired the folks that actually did the project. Bonkers!