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| {{https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/styles/image_style_square_lg/public/0012223034_0.jpg?itok=iPKRypzJ }} Matthew Memoli is Director of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID) Clinical Studies Unit (CSU) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. His research focuses on human influenza transmission and pathogenesis, as well as other respiratory viruses. He rose to national prominence in late 2021 because of his opposition, on scientific and bioethical grounds, to mandates for COVID-19 vaccines.(("Vaccine-Mandate Debate Makes It to Federal Agency Where Fauci Works." https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-mandate-debate-makes-it-to-top-federal-research-agency-11636286400))(("Covid-19 vaccine debate takes a strange turn." https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/covid-vaccine-debate-what-matters/index.html))(("Senior NIH expert pushes back on growing vaccine mandates." https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580557-senior-nih-expert-pushes-back-on-growing-vaccine)) It has been reported that Memoli had written Tony Fauci directly to voice his opposition to mass vaccination against COVID-19, as opposed to a more targeted approach to vaccination that focused on the elderly and other vulnerable groups. To date, Memoli is the only NIH official to publicly voice opposition to mass vaccination or to vaccine mandates. | {{https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/styles/image_style_square_lg/public/0012223034_0.jpg?itok=iPKRypzJ }} Matthew Memoli is Director of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID) Clinical Studies Unit (CSU) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. His research focuses on human influenza transmission and pathogenesis, as well as other respiratory viruses. He rose to national prominence in late 2021 because of his opposition, on scientific and bioethical grounds, to mandates for COVID-19 vaccines.((Jenny Strasburg, "Vaccine-Mandate Debate Makes It to Federal Agency Where Fauci Works:The NIH, workplace of Dr. Anthony Fauci, has scheduled a seminar on the ethics of mandates featuring a senior researcher who is pushing back," //The Wall St. Journal//, Nov. 7, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-mandate-debate-makes-it-to-top-federal-research-agency-11636286400; https://web.archive.org/web/20211107120538/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-mandate-debate-makes-it-to-top-federal-research-agency-11636286400))((Zachary Wolf, "Covid-19 vaccine debate takes a strange turn," CNN, Nov. 8, 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/covid-vaccine-debate-what-matters/index.html; https://web.archive.org/web/20211109053006/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/covid-vaccine-debate-what-matters/index.html))((Adam Barnes, "Senior NIH expert pushes back on growing vaccine mandates: Matthew Memoli favors vaccinations in vulnerable populations but argues population level vaccination could hinder the development of a natural, robust immunity gained through infection," //The Hill//, Nov. 8, 2021. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580557-senior-nih-expert-pushes-back-on-growing-vaccine; https://web.archive.org/web/20211108182810/https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580557-senior-nih-expert-pushes-back-on-growing-vaccine)) It has been reported that Memoli had written Tony Fauci directly to voice his opposition to mass vaccination against COVID-19, as opposed to a more targeted approach to vaccination that focused on the elderly and other vulnerable groups. Memoli found vaccine mandates to be "extraordinarily problematic," he wrote in the email to Fauci. "I think the way we are using the vaccines is wrong."((Adam Barnes, "Senior NIH expert pushes back on growing vaccine mandates: Matthew Memoli favors vaccinations in vulnerable populations but argues population level vaccination could hinder the development of a natural, robust immunity gained through infection," //The Hill//, Nov. 8, 2021. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580557-senior-nih-expert-pushes-back-on-growing-vaccine; https://web.archive.org/web/20211108182810/https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580557-senior-nih-expert-pushes-back-on-growing-vaccine)) To date, Memoli is the only NIH official to publicly voice opposition to mass vaccination or to vaccine mandates. |
