Brian Schatz: “I do not think it is ethical to go back and test approved…”

“I said, and I'll quote myself, you know, the placebo controlled trials are in the existing vaccine approval process. Are you suggesting something different from that? And you said, I do not think it is ethical to go back and test approved vaccines against a placebo. But in December of last year, CDC posted a notice in the Federal Register awarding $1.6 million to, quote, study the optimal timing and delivery of monovalent hepatitis B vaccinations in newborns in Guinea Bissau, activities that will include conducting a randomized control trial.” (03:41–03:46)

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