Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And the EPA scientists came back and said, it's a red line 1989. What happened in 1989, as you pointed out, we passed the Vaccine Act in 1986. We gave immunity from liability to all the companies. It was a gold rush because suddenly the biggest cost of producing pharmaceuticals and marketing pharmaceuticals, which is downstream liabilities, had been eliminated.
And the EPA scientists came back and said, it's a red line 1989. What happened in 1989, as you pointed out, we passed the Vaccine Act in 1986. We gave immunity from liability to all the companies. It was a gold rush because suddenly the biggest cost of producing pharmaceuticals and marketing pharmaceuticals, which is downstream liabilities, had been eliminated.
They also didn't have to do upstream testing. So two of the biggest costs were gone. Plus, they don't have to do advertising and marketing because The product is mandated to 76 million American children. So it's a dream product for them, and they can charge basically anything they want. It was a gold rush, and they added all these new vaccines to the schedule.
They also didn't have to do upstream testing. So two of the biggest costs were gone. Plus, they don't have to do advertising and marketing because The product is mandated to 76 million American children. So it's a dream product for them, and they can charge basically anything they want. It was a gold rush, and they added all these new vaccines to the schedule.
They also didn't have to do upstream testing. So two of the biggest costs were gone. Plus, they don't have to do advertising and marketing because The product is mandated to 76 million American children. So it's a dream product for them, and they can charge basically anything they want. It was a gold rush, and they added all these new vaccines to the schedule.
And people, when they think of vaccines, think of polio and smallpox and the miracles of eliminating those. But these were, you know, many of these diseases, these diseases were completely unnecessary to vaccinate against. Things like that are not even casually contagious, like hepatitis B that you get from, you know, unprotected sex with, you know, or from using, from sharing needles. Measles.
And people, when they think of vaccines, think of polio and smallpox and the miracles of eliminating those. But these were, you know, many of these diseases, these diseases were completely unnecessary to vaccinate against. Things like that are not even casually contagious, like hepatitis B that you get from, you know, unprotected sex with, you know, or from using, from sharing needles. Measles.
And people, when they think of vaccines, think of polio and smallpox and the miracles of eliminating those. But these were, you know, many of these diseases, these diseases were completely unnecessary to vaccinate against. Things like that are not even casually contagious, like hepatitis B that you get from, you know, unprotected sex with, you know, or from using, from sharing needles. Measles.
To a day old baby. And yet, rotavirus, hepatitis B, all of these other, you know, so-called diseases that are just on the schedule because the vaccine companies can make money from them.
To a day old baby. And yet, rotavirus, hepatitis B, all of these other, you know, so-called diseases that are just on the schedule because the vaccine companies can make money from them.
To a day old baby. And yet, rotavirus, hepatitis B, all of these other, you know, so-called diseases that are just on the schedule because the vaccine companies can make money from them.
Well, the MMR vaccine never had mercury in it. Let me just tell you what happened. I'll answer that question, too. Because it's a complex issue, Megan, because the measles vaccine definitely eliminates measles, or close eliminates it.
Well, the MMR vaccine never had mercury in it. Let me just tell you what happened. I'll answer that question, too. Because it's a complex issue, Megan, because the measles vaccine definitely eliminates measles, or close eliminates it.
Well, the MMR vaccine never had mercury in it. Let me just tell you what happened. I'll answer that question, too. Because it's a complex issue, Megan, because the measles vaccine definitely eliminates measles, or close eliminates it.
There are breakthrough cases. First of all, there's a number of questions you have to ask. Was measles a killer disease? It clearly was at the beginning of the century. In 1963, it was killing only 400 kids a year. Mainly they were kids who had malnutrition or some other devastating comorbidity. A lot of them were black children in the Mississippi Delta.
There are breakthrough cases. First of all, there's a number of questions you have to ask. Was measles a killer disease? It clearly was at the beginning of the century. In 1963, it was killing only 400 kids a year. Mainly they were kids who had malnutrition or some other devastating comorbidity. A lot of them were black children in the Mississippi Delta.
There are breakthrough cases. First of all, there's a number of questions you have to ask. Was measles a killer disease? It clearly was at the beginning of the century. In 1963, it was killing only 400 kids a year. Mainly they were kids who had malnutrition or some other devastating comorbidity. A lot of them were black children in the Mississippi Delta.
This is before we had the poverty programs. And my father went down there and found severe malnutrition like you'd see in Africa or South Asia. Those were the kids who were dying. The death rate was one in 500,000, two in a million. It was very, very small for measles. And the measles vaccine started in 1963. It never had thimerosal in it because it's a live virus vaccine.
This is before we had the poverty programs. And my father went down there and found severe malnutrition like you'd see in Africa or South Asia. Those were the kids who were dying. The death rate was one in 500,000, two in a million. It was very, very small for measles. And the measles vaccine started in 1963. It never had thimerosal in it because it's a live virus vaccine.
This is before we had the poverty programs. And my father went down there and found severe malnutrition like you'd see in Africa or South Asia. Those were the kids who were dying. The death rate was one in 500,000, two in a million. It was very, very small for measles. And the measles vaccine started in 1963. It never had thimerosal in it because it's a live virus vaccine.