Name: mRNAワクチンでノーベル賞受賞者、米国が開発資金を削減したことに反発 (Nobel Prize winner for mRNA vaccine reacts to US slashing development funding)
Uploaded: 2025-08-10T01:28:14.000Z
Duration: 6 min 50 s
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基礎受動態

mRNA vaccines were hailed as medical breakthroughs in the fight against Covid.

mRNAワクチンは、コビドとの闘いにおける医学的ブレークスルーとして歓迎された。

Now the US Department of Health and Human Services is slashing a half billion dollars in government funding for mRNA vaccine development.

現在、米国保健福祉省はmRNAワクチン開発への政府資金5億ドルを削減しようとしている。

Twenty-two projects will be shelved with future vaccine efforts going to other platforms like whole virus vaccines.

22のプロジェクトは棚上げされ、今後のワクチン開発は全ウイルスワクチンなど他のプラットフォームに移行する。

Kennedy Jr. says mRNA vaccines don't offer effective protection against upper respiratory infections like Covid and flu.

ケネディ・ジュニアによれば、mRNAワクチンはコビッドやインフルエンザのような上気道感染症に対する有効な予防にはならない。

Medical evidence shows they do help prevent severe disease and death from Covid and show promise against influenza.

医学的な証拠によれば、コヴィッドによる重篤な疾患や死亡を予防する効果があり、インフルエンザに対しても有望である。

キャスリーン・キャリコです。

She is a biochemist and researcher who was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine for work involving mRNA technology used in the first wave of Covid vaccines.

彼女は生化学者であり、研究者でもある。コビッドワクチンの第一波に使用されたmRNA技術に関する研究で、2023年のノーベル医学平和賞を共同受賞した。

I want to begin by asking as someone who has dedicated decades to advancing mRNA technology and as I've just mentioned has won a Nobel Prize for that contribution.

私は、mRNA技術の進歩に数十年を捧げ、今申し上げたようにその貢献でノーベル賞を受賞した者として、まずお尋ねしたいことがあります。

What is your reaction to the Trump administration's decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars of mRNA funding today?

今日、トランプ政権がmRNAへの資金提供を5億ドル近く取りやめる決定を下したことについて、どう思われますか？

Definitely the global progress of vaccine development and the global progress of science suffered tremendously and I am very disappointed but you know what we can do and that's what I always ask myself you know when I was in Hungary and then I moved to the United States and then when I couldn't do things here then I moved another country to Germany so you know that's what I am thinking that what the scientists can do now.

確かに、ワクチン開発の世界的な進歩や科学の世界的な進歩は、とてつもなく大きな打撃を受けている。

I just want to ask you about the HHS, Robert F.

HHSについてお聞きしたいのですが、ロバート・F.

Kennedy Jr. saying that vaccines don't offer effective protection against upper respiratory infections like Covid and flu.

ケネディJr.は、ワクチンはコビッドやインフルエンザのような上気道感染症に対する有効な予防策にはならないと述べた。

This is one of their core reasons for diverting funding away from this technology.

これが、彼らがこの技術から資金をそらす核心的な理由のひとつである。

What is your response to that and the efficacy of this vaccine in treating that?

それに対するあなたの反応と、それに対するこのワクチンの有効性は？

So obviously you know when you are sick you wouldn't ask advice from a lawyer like Kennedy.

だから、自分が病気になったとき、ケネディのような弁護士にアドバイスを求めないことは明らかだ。

You know you ask experts, your physician for advice and obviously he is misinformed and and do not understand that you know science is knowledge which was you know around the world and we collected those with observation, experimentation, measurements and all of the scientific evidence and you know when you just reject and rely on misinformation then you make a decision like he made which is you know false based on false information and so I am thinking what we can do as a scientist and you know I already thought about for from January that we have to educate the public, help out you know understanding that we are scientists is one of them and we are dedicating all our life to advanced science and what science means.

専門家や医師に助言を求めるのは当然だが、彼は明らかに誤った知識を持っており、科学とは世界中に存在する知識であることを理解していない、科学者として私たちに何ができるかを考えています。1月からすでに考えていたことですが、私たちは一般市民を教育し、私たちが科学者であることを理解してもらう手助けをしなければなりません。

You've just spoken about the fact that you had to move away from Hungary in order to continue your research in mRNA.

あなたは今、mRNAの研究を続けるためにハンガリーを離れなければならなかったという事実を話されました。

I mean the US Health Secretary we know is a long time vaccine sceptic.

つまり、私たちが知っているアメリカの保健長官は、長年ワクチン懐疑論者なのだ。

This policy is not likely to change any time soon therefore what will your next moves be?

この方針がすぐに変わることはないだろう。

I mean I am already 70 years old so I don't know much but you know I can see that what the I did you know when you know move to another country you know in Europe or in Asia, in Japan, in China you know where messenger RNA research is advancing and in many of the clinical trials are running there and so what I have done you know 40 years ago pack in, leave all the loved behind and move to the to here to the United States and when I couldn't do here you know what I wanted I moved to Germany so that might be the solution those scientists who want to advance you know they might move in another country and of course you know when science and knowledge here is under attack and funding is low you know it is really the next generation will suffer the most you know.

私はもう70歳だからよくは知らないが、私がしたことは、ヨーロッパ、アジア、日本、中国など、メッセンジャーRNAの研究が進んでいる国に移り住み、多くの臨床試験を行うことだった、もちろん、この国の科学や知識が攻撃され、資金が不足すれば、次の世代が最も苦しむことになる。

Yeah and on that note I mean how does a move like this impact vaccine development not just in the US but globally?

このような動きは、アメリカだけでなく世界的なワクチン開発にどのような影響を与えるのでしょうか？

Obviously you know the United States was a power in in science and it's still but you know we can see that other part of the world is advancing and of course it will hurt tremendously and you know when we have the next pandemic you know we have to beg other countries to help us out because obviously the messenger RNA vaccine can be developed quickly and very effective and so that's what we will rely on to help out from China and from European countries when next time we have a pandemic.

しかし、世界の他の地域が進歩を遂げていることは明らかで、もちろんそれは大きな痛手となる。次のパンデミックが発生したときには、他の国々に助けを求めなければならない。

I mean the concern is that we will face another pandemic like COVID sometime soon in our future.

つまり、COVIDのようなパンデミックに近い将来また直面するのではないかという懸念だ。

How do you think the US health system would react in its current state as and when that happens?

そうなったとき、アメリカの医療制度は現状でどのような反応を示すと思いますか？

You know I don't know what will happen but obviously you know globally we have other countries strong science is ongoing and you know it will be strengthened by American scientists who will move to other countries just like many of us you know packed in and left and you know maybe that's how we could keep the science going because that's what we as a scientific thinking you know we have just one life and then what we can do and I can see these two things that advancing then you have to move and then we have to educate the American public about what the scientists are doing and who we are as a scientist.

どうなるかはわからないが、明らかに世界的に見れば、他の国々では強力な科学が進行中であり、アメリカの科学者たちによって強化されていくだろう。