Al Franken actually said...

"I think there's a correlation. What the causation is exactly is hard to say, but I think there is some causation."

"What the costs are--just like the financial costs--there was a 2005 NIH article that attempted to quantify the economic impact on health infrastructure."

"Maybe this is a really good time for people, especially some educated people who were foregoing this for their children, to understand things like herd immunity."

"That's why the CDC is so important. I really want to thank you for your service to this Nation and to the world."