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Bill Cassidy

53:10 - 53:28

"I'm not sure that you reach people who are vaccine-hesitant by feeding into untruths. The way to dispel confusion is not to sow more confusion. The way is to say no, It does not cause autism."

“I'm not sure that you reach people who are vaccine-hesitant by feeding into untruths. The way to dispel confusion is not to sow more confusion. The way is to say no, It does not cause autism.”
Speaker
Bill Cassidy
Timestamp
53:10 – 53:28
Transcript
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Community
Alaska News
Captured at
September 16, 2026

From the transcript

I appreciate that the President is trying to reach the vaccine-hesitant people who are wanting more answers or who are concerned that there are too many doses. I'm not sure that you reach people who are vaccine-hesitant by feeding into untruths. The way to dispel confusion is not to sow more confusion. The way is to say no, It does not cause autism. And frankly, even— well, I've never seen any evidence for it.

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