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Peter Hotez

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

I mean, you're an environmental attorney.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

You know, we've identified half a dozen chemical exposures in early pregnancy, interacting with autism genes to promote the phenotype.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

This is what you should be all... And he couldn't care less.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

And why?

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

Because he was suing vaccine companies for frivolous stuff about claiming vaccines cause autism, or he says the HPV vaccine was... I don't know if he was saying it or others that...

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

hpv vaccine causes infertility or autoimmunity it's all nonsense but you know the vaccine producers you know the vaccine industry you know i don't want to be an apologist for the vaccine for the big pharma players either i mean they are making money there but it's not nearly as lucrative as the next glp-1 uh agonist or or or or anything else but

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So the worry, of course, is they just pull out and then no vaccines become available.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So I think the compromise was by creating these vaccine courts, it makes it easier for plaintiffs to actually receive financial payment.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

Because if you have to go through a major lawsuit, it's going to be very expensive for the families and very expensive for the pharma company.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So nobody wins.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

And this was a way

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

to make it simpler.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

And my understanding, I'm not a lawyer,

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

You know, you could talk to people like Dorit Reese who, who think more deeply about this, but you know, my understanding is the vaccine courts are actually working on, on the side of the plaintiff to give them support and awards for things that would not stand up in most courts of law.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So it actually works out to their advantage.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

The system has, has worked well, but of course the anti-vaccine lobby wants to weaponize it and they'll use everything they can.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

in order to promote their own agenda, which is the health, wellness, and influencer agenda.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So let's sort of, you know, parse this out a bit.

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

So why are they doing this?

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Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book

Well, one of the things that the wellness and influencer industry does is