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Congress is advancing legislation that commits at least $19.4 billion over the next five years—while establishing a permanent, multi-billion-dollar annual funding stream with no defined end date—to build a standing, nationwide influenza response system spanning vaccine development, stockpiling, testing, and public behavior campaigns.
U.S. legislators and the Trump administration have alreadyallocated$5.5 billion for a future influenza pandemic through their minibus bill, bringing the government’s recent total committed funding for influenza pandemic orchestration to approximately $24.9 billion across just these two pieces of legislation.
That’s more than the entire gross domestic product (GDP) ofJamaica.
The move comes after President Trumpselecteda military influenza pandemic policy architect—Dr. Erica Schwartz, who built and enforced surveillance, vaccination, and compliance systems—to take control of the CDC.
The government is orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar influenza pandemic response while simultaneouslyfundingthe creation of chimeric influenza pathogens in gain-of-function experiments—the same problem/solutionplaybookused before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new bill, titled the “Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026” (H.R. 8447), was introduced the day afterModerna, Inc. announcedthat it began injecting 4,000 U.S. and UK adults with the company’s investigational mRNA-based H5 pandemic influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1018, as part of a Phase 3 study.
Moderna had also justannouncedthat another of its influenza jabs, mCOMBRIAX® (mRNA-1083), had been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission (EC).
H.R. 8447 was introduced in the House by U.S. RepresentativeRick Larsen (D-WA), along with several co-sponsors, and referred to committee for consideration.
In hispress release, Rep. Larsen said he introduced the bill “to prepare for future outbreaks” and “to make sure flu vaccines are available.”
Source: modernity
