I imagine the goal was to prestage mRNA vaccines against potentials so they can be mass produced quickly if the viruses ever come up. It really wasn't a bad idea depending on if you watch Fox News or not.
I remember how Trump was ridiculed when he was like if you don't test you don't have a problem, then democrats got in and basically continued the same policy and everybody just stopped talking about it.
That's the problem with kids these days: we have a world-class pandemic at home, (that is desperate for attention but you barely acknowledge anymore), but you already want to go looking for something new. I blame Tiktok