Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “Normally, we would not license a medical product without pre-licensing safety testing.”

It had an exemplary application, which is why it got $204 million, which is disproportionately high compared to most states.

We’ve done better. We’re having a global measles outbreak right now.

“President [Donald] Trump and I are building a health system that takes them seriously, follows the evidence, and uses what we learn to make vaccines safer. This is how we earn back trust in our public health institutions.”

The hepatitis B vaccine has been used for many years since 1991, but we don’t know what the risk profile is for that product because there was no randomized placebo-controlled trial prior to its licensure.