Scott Gottlieb: “If we`d had a president aggressively acting from the beginning, where would we be today?”

I think the reality is, sometimes we have to accept no for an answer, that there just is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

I think the downside of this mandate in terms of hardening positions and taking something that was subtly political and making it overtly political could outweigh any of the benefits that we hope to achieve.

The bottom line is if you look at pediatric vaccinations where we have mandates in place, vaccines are a requirement to go to school.

That's not true. It's highly effective, and that measles itself isn't a bad illness.