Ron Johnson: “Once 1997 occurred, that's it. There's been some journalism…”

“I mean, Mike Wallace had a serious piece on 60 Minutes about the swine flu vaccine. It's one of the reasons it got pulled. You had Phil Donahue do it. He had other people. Serious journalism. But Once 1997 occurred, that's it. There's been some journalism on this. But by and large, the mantra of safe and effective, you know, this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. What adverse events you have are rare and mild. It overwhelms any kind of serious journalism. And quite honestly, people like you, who, I'm sure you paid a pretty heavy price in terms of your career and stuff speaking out, thank you for doing so.” (16:11–16:30)

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