Dr. Joel Warsh

And again, it goes back to the research we should be getting. we should be asking, hey, if we move the hepatitis B vaccine back, does that decrease your risk of anything? I mean, just in basic common sense, if you give a vaccine to anybody, the biggest risk you have is having a fever, right? Having a fever, not feeling good. If a baby in the first week gets a fever, what happens?

right if you give a hepatitis b vaccine and they have a normal side effect from a vaccine of getting a fever what happens to a baby they're going to the hospital they're getting a lumbar puncture they're getting a full workup they're being exposed to all these potential diseases in the hospital that maybe they got that fever just from the reaction from the vaccine but we don't know that in a newborn baby so we're going to do the full workup anyways because we want to protect them

right if you give a hepatitis b vaccine and they have a normal side effect from a vaccine of getting a fever what happens to a baby they're going to the hospital they're getting a lumbar puncture they're getting a full workup they're being exposed to all these potential diseases in the hospital that maybe they got that fever just from the reaction from the vaccine but we don't know that in a newborn baby so we're going to do the full workup anyways because we want to protect them

right if you give a hepatitis b vaccine and they have a normal side effect from a vaccine of getting a fever what happens to a baby they're going to the hospital they're getting a lumbar puncture they're getting a full workup they're being exposed to all these potential diseases in the hospital that maybe they got that fever just from the reaction from the vaccine but we don't know that in a newborn baby so we're going to do the full workup anyways because we want to protect them

but we don't talk about that that risk versus benefit do we do those babies need that risk they need the risk to go to the hospital they need to risk to get the fever good they wait till two months old or four months old and and take away that risk i mean those are the questions that smart people need to have they need to sit on stage they need to debate they need to go to harvard and hopkins and on tv on full cameras sit there and debate these questions they need to talk about that they need to talk about all of these ethics so people can watch it and say well

but we don't talk about that that risk versus benefit do we do those babies need that risk they need the risk to go to the hospital they need to risk to get the fever good they wait till two months old or four months old and and take away that risk i mean those are the questions that smart people need to have they need to sit on stage they need to debate they need to go to harvard and hopkins and on tv on full cameras sit there and debate these questions they need to talk about that they need to talk about all of these ethics so people can watch it and say well

but we don't talk about that that risk versus benefit do we do those babies need that risk they need the risk to go to the hospital they need to risk to get the fever good they wait till two months old or four months old and and take away that risk i mean those are the questions that smart people need to have they need to sit on stage they need to debate they need to go to harvard and hopkins and on tv on full cameras sit there and debate these questions they need to talk about that they need to talk about all of these ethics so people can watch it and say well

Maybe you're right. Maybe we should rethink our hepatitis B. Or maybe somebody smarter than me is going to say, no, no, no. Here's why we do it. Here's what the reason is. Here's why the benefits outweigh the risks. And I'll say, okay, well, that makes sense. That's what we need, but we can't shut down the discussion, which is what's happened for the last decade.

Maybe you're right. Maybe we should rethink our hepatitis B. Or maybe somebody smarter than me is going to say, no, no, no. Here's why we do it. Here's what the reason is. Here's why the benefits outweigh the risks. And I'll say, okay, well, that makes sense. That's what we need, but we can't shut down the discussion, which is what's happened for the last decade.

Maybe you're right. Maybe we should rethink our hepatitis B. Or maybe somebody smarter than me is going to say, no, no, no. Here's why we do it. Here's what the reason is. Here's why the benefits outweigh the risks. And I'll say, okay, well, that makes sense. That's what we need, but we can't shut down the discussion, which is what's happened for the last decade.

How are we going to move forward unless we can have these conversations? And it has to be Someone who's pro versus someone who's anti, whatever labels you want. Somebody who knows this research and understands it really well and can debate and discuss it publicly. So that way we can, I don't have any skin in the game. Whatever the research is, it's fine by me. I want kids to be the healthiest.

How are we going to move forward unless we can have these conversations? And it has to be Someone who's pro versus someone who's anti, whatever labels you want. Somebody who knows this research and understands it really well and can debate and discuss it publicly. So that way we can, I don't have any skin in the game. Whatever the research is, it's fine by me. I want kids to be the healthiest.

How are we going to move forward unless we can have these conversations? And it has to be Someone who's pro versus someone who's anti, whatever labels you want. Somebody who knows this research and understands it really well and can debate and discuss it publicly. So that way we can, I don't have any skin in the game. Whatever the research is, it's fine by me. I want kids to be the healthiest.

But those questions won't even be asked until the literature is written down and we're allowed to ask the questions. You have to be allowed to ask questions and no one's going to allow that to happen until they realize that there are holes in the research. And so I think it starts with...

But those questions won't even be asked until the literature is written down and we're allowed to ask the questions. You have to be allowed to ask questions and no one's going to allow that to happen until they realize that there are holes in the research. And so I think it starts with...

But those questions won't even be asked until the literature is written down and we're allowed to ask the questions. You have to be allowed to ask questions and no one's going to allow that to happen until they realize that there are holes in the research. And so I think it starts with...

putting that all down, having open discussions about what exists, getting doctors on board with the research that actually is present right now today. And then we move forward from there with debate and discussion on the open topics. And then people will say, hey, okay, well, Hepatitis B is a reasonable discussion to have.

putting that all down, having open discussions about what exists, getting doctors on board with the research that actually is present right now today. And then we move forward from there with debate and discussion on the open topics. And then people will say, hey, okay, well, Hepatitis B is a reasonable discussion to have.

putting that all down, having open discussions about what exists, getting doctors on board with the research that actually is present right now today. And then we move forward from there with debate and discussion on the open topics. And then people will say, hey, okay, well, Hepatitis B is a reasonable discussion to have.

Let's get the committees together and let's talk about, okay, here's what we have, here's what we don't have, here's what the smart people say. Maybe we move hepatitis B back or maybe we just make it a general recommendation for those that test positive for hepatitis B or don't know their hepatitis B risk.