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Ron Johnson: “We had a pretty robust vaccine production capability. But…”

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

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on avian flu threat

Published | Video Starts at 19:30

But the animal vaccine production works differently. Let me quick stay on the human vaccine because I think this is important. We had a pretty robust vaccine production capability. But then it was reduced dramatically. A lot of those lawsuits, that type of thing, people, you know, it just was not an attractive business to be in. So people, drug manufacturers exited the vaccine business. (19:30–19:36)

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Asserts that the U.S. vaccine production capability was once robust but has since been significantly reduced.

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