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Kristen Welker: “The science has debunked links between autism and vaccines…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:38

It's not wrong to be able to ask hard questions. It is wrong to ignore the science. I don't see him ignoring the science. I see him asking the hard questions. The. Just worth noting, The science has debunked links between autism and vaccines for more than 20 years. Oh, no, I agree. I don't. I don't connect those two. Yeah, I don't. I don't connect those two at all. But there are reasonable questions to say, why do we have more cases of autism here? (06:38–06:43)

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Asserts that scientific studies have debunked links between autism and vaccines for over 20 years.

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