00:00I ask unanimous consent to submit this statement from Stanford School of Medicine.
00:05Like you, I'm a physician. I believe vaccines save lives. I believe that vaccines are a key
00:11part of every public, of any infectious disease public health strategy. And I would work with
00:17you, the CDC, the NIH, ACEV, FDA. But would you encourage mothers to vaccinate their children
00:23with the MMR vaccine, seeing how we've had children die and this outbreak in South Carolina?
00:28I'm supportive of vaccination. I do believe that each patient, mother, parent needs to have a
00:34conversation with their pediatrician about any medication they're putting in their body,
00:38their children's bodies. You're the nation's doctor. Would you encourage her to have her
00:41child vaccinated? I'm not an individual's doctor and every individual needs to talk to their doctor
00:46before putting a medication in their body. I absolutely am supportive of the measles vaccine
00:51and I do believe vaccines save lives and are an important part of the public health strategy.
00:56The reality is that we have an autism crisis that's increasing and this is devastating to many
01:03families and we do not know as a medical community what causes autism. The administration has just
01:11committed a huge amount of funding to look at the exposome of all environmental factors that could
01:16be contributing to autism. And until we have a clear understanding of why kids are developing this
01:21at higher rates, I think we should not leave any stones unturned. There's been a lot of evidence
01:26showing that they're not implicated. Do you not accept that evidence? I do accept that evidence. I also
01:32think that science has never settled and I think there is, I think that the effort to look at
01:38comprehensive cumulative exposures of our exposome into what is causing autism is important. I look forward
01:46to seeing those results and sharing the best public health information with the American people.
01:53I'm curious if you're aware of what the side effects of hormonal contraception are.
01:58I'm curious if you are with the FDA that went through all of these and rigorously looked at them or
02:06as
02:06surgeon general if you're going to tell the truth to the American people. I absolutely believe these
02:10medications should be accessible to all women and also all medications have risks and benefits and in
02:17our current medical climate with the burden on doctors, we do not have, doctors do not have enough
02:22time for thorough informed consent conversations. And I wonder if you believe that, how is it that
02:28vaccinating children against hepatitis could be a crime? I support vaccines. I believe vaccines save lives.
02:36I believe they're a key part of our public health strategy. I also believe that this administration
02:42is committing to making sure we have the safest vaccine schedule in the world and that we are
02:48continually studying the vaccine schedule, vaccine injuries, making sure we're eradicating conflicts
02:53of interest in vaccine research and doing gold standard science on vaccines. These are all things that I
02:58support. And I think there's a nuanced conversation that American families are looking to have about
03:05shared clinical decision making with their doctors about specific vaccines that their children may not
03:09be as seriously at risk for. But being in labor is one of the best excuses we've had.
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