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Ron Johnson: “Peer review is a joke. Peer reviewers are basically…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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I mean, there's got to be something. I agree. Because we, because we do need pharmaceutical companies. You know, I want those life savings. It can't be a pinata party for lawyers. Peer review is a joke. Peer reviewers are basically volunteering. So you'll get peer reviewers who might have a different paper themselves and they just discredit that. So what is truth? So you have to restore integrity to science. (1:31:25–1:31:29)

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