Riz re RFK: "He's really not anti-vaxer at all."

Riz re RFK: "He's really not anti-vaxer at all."

RFK on the Lex Friedman show: "There’s no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective."

RFK: "My views are that vaccines should be tested, like all other medications are tested. They should have placebo-controlled trials prior to licensure. It’s the only medical product, the only medical product or medical device that is allowed to get a license without engaging in safety tests.”

[Vaccines of course cannot be approved without safety tests.]

RFK: 'So if you say to me, “The polio vaccine, was it effective against polio?” I’m going to say, Yes. And if you say to me, “Did it kill more people … did it caused more death than averted?” I would say, “I don’t know, because we don’t have the data on that.”'

CDC: "During 1951-1954, an average of 16,316 paralytic polio cases and 1879 deaths from polio were reported each year (9,10). Polio incidence declined sharply following the introduction of vaccine to less than 1000 cases in 1962 and remained below 100 cases after that year."