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Nicole Saphier

51:23 - 51:33

“Well, humbly, I don't know what causes autism, but I have not seen repeatable evidence that would suggest that vaccines cause autism.”
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Nicole Saphier
Timestamp
51:23 – 51:33
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.
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Alaska News
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September 16, 2026

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And then I also have patients who they can't even comprehend that I have told them they have cancer yet and they need more time and they need more conversation. Both of these patients deserve my compassion, and I will adapt and meet them in the moment that they need. So if she asks you— the mom asks you specifically, and obviously this is topical— does the MMR vaccine cause autism? What do you say? Well, humbly, I don't know what causes autism, but I have not seen repeatable evidence that would suggest that vaccines cause autism.

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