@cbsnews: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) pressed Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump’s third surgeon general nominee, at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines. She voiced support for immunization as she seeks to serve in an administration that has moved to make sweeping changes to vaccine guidance. Saphier told Cassidy during questioning that she did not believe the MMR shot was lethal, calling it "our greatest tool for combating measles," and said, "I do not believe childhood vaccines cause autism." #vaccine #measles #autism #health #trump

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carolparcellmambo
Mambo 🤓 :
Where did she do her research??? She’s not being honest. We have to do our own research!!
2026-10-29 15:23:23
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samieshortt
SassySamie💚✨ :
as a mother of a son who has autism I appreciate her honesty. I have constantly been under attack by people saying I did something to my son that he has autism. which I did nothing it's a genetic disorder my son's father's family all the third generation kids have autism
2026-09-16 22:41:51
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jasonbennett1234
Jason Bennett :
Correct. There is no evidence
2026-10-30 04:25:43
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sjblakesley
user380979390638 :
What a relief to hear a clear, concise answer when being interviewed
2026-09-16 22:44:01
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crazytimes120
CrazyTimes :
It's head staggering that this question is still being asked. We are in serious danger of devolving.
2026-09-16 22:08:52
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myname38485758
myname :
he was the deciding vote to confirm rfk jr
2026-09-16 23:21:18
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sjan0777
SJan0777 :
Why did he vote then to confirm RFK Jr ??? so he has no credibility 🙄
2026-09-17 01:55:55
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inertial_frames
David Barnes, Inertial Frames :
she is being clear
2026-09-17 05:46:31
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chulhyun.ahn
Chulhyun Ahn :
She says doesn't't know. He's trying to get her to definitely say no. What is his goal? He's not a doctor.
2026-09-16 22:54:39
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landondward
landon | making content fun :
The problem is that she uses the scientific method to come to conclusions. So she’s wording that in a very scientific way. Science has always been willing to be wrong. So all she can say is “there’s not substantial evidence” even though that doesn’t take a hard stance. Because she knows that in the future that evidence could come to light.
2026-09-17 17:01:50
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heatherfeather770
heatherfeather770 :
So do people think when the polio, measles, Tuberculosis, smallpox etc etc etc vaccines, that people were concerned they may cause autism in their children? Maybe go to a cemetery and have look for the small headstones for children who didn’t make it to 10 years old because the vaccines were not available for them? Honest to god, it’s so stunted in a rational thought process. Autism was always around, but what they thought of Autism 50-60 years ago, was non verbal, and mentally incapable of not having constant care… my sister in laws brother is 41, and will live with his parents until they die..their entire lives revolve around his strict routine because of his autism… today the spectrum that it is measured is from the extreme autism, to a hyper child, who can’t focus and has to what today’s society considers odd behaviours… so diagnosing them with autism.. there has always been a percentage of children throughout history who are more hyper then their peers, struggled to focus, struggled to calm down… they were just labeled bad children. And people are so fucking warped in their minds, that’s the risk of their child being hard to handle, is more important than a disease that could cause them to fucking die. And the best part is, there’s no fucking evidence. So you’re just risking your child’s life because you have convinced yourself it does. How could any parent in this world be able to cope with the reality that your child died from measles, or smallpox or other completely avoidable deadly virus’s, because you didn’t protect them from it. You sound like morons
2026-09-17 01:14:51
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jayllo_77
Jay 🇳🇿 :
dude obviously hasn't done his research
2026-09-17 04:12:58
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martomartha
Marto :
She can only give an opinion based on the evidence available to her. She isn't claiming to know with absolute certainty that there is no connection. She's saying that, based on the evidence we currently have, a connection appears unlikely. Why is it her job to definitively answer something that science itself hasn't established? Scientific uncertainty doesn't make her answer wrong?
2026-09-17 09:47:38
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dwaynemaslen2
🇨🇦Dwaynebigdaddy🇨🇦 :
how is this still going on
2026-09-17 00:23:02
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amber.s37
Amber S :
yes it does
2026-09-16 23:34:29
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samanthadaniellerose
sammyrose :
She’s being clear as hell
2026-10-04 14:24:50
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rebeccabraun21
Rebecca Braun :
Vaccinations save lives
2026-09-17 00:57:14
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moon.child.2345
Moonchild 🌙 :
He clearly does not know how science works
2026-09-17 12:38:51
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maryljackson102
Mary :
He doesn’t get how medicine findings can change and there are no guarantees that there might not be new information and also a child could have an adverse reaction. We accept these dynamics in medicine as uncoo
2026-09-17 01:03:02
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astrab33
Grumpy Karen:) :
It’s frustrating because they both seem to be on the same page (in support of vaccines), but he’s frustrated with her for talking in circles instead of clearly stating, “no, the MMR vaccine does NOT cause autism.”
2026-09-17 03:01:55
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_king_bama
_King_Bama :
Daddy won’t like this. 🤣🤣🤣
2026-09-17 01:10:35
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gregbullock57
john smith :
Assuming the literature is correct….
2026-09-16 22:10:21
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cotardssolution_
★ jay !!🍬🦇 :
I was born with my aitism
2026-09-16 22:12:31
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mogger_g.o.a.t
mogger_g.o.a.t :
Just early
2026-09-16 22:08:29
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greg8675301
greg8675301 :
" I do not believe"? That is not an acceptable answer.
2026-09-17 21:38:24
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