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Ron Johnson: “The main reason most of these diseases were eradicated is…”

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

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Tort law. Like, I don't. I don't understand. Like, why would there be this one thing that's exempt from a process that every other thing is subject to? The main reason most of these diseases were eradicated is because we no longer live in squalor. We have sewers, we have sanitation. Okay? So, I mean, you see the chart coming down here, and then the vaccines start occurring here, and yeah, the tail goes out. (1:23:37–1:23:44)

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Claims improved sanitation, not vaccines, is the main reason for the eradication of diseases.

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