With no permanent CDC director in place, those recommendations could be adopted. The stakes are not theoretical. We already have seen the largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives of two children. If vaccine protections are weakened, preventable diseases will return. I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. But that line does not disappear with me. (07:19–07:26)
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Asserts that the largest measles outbreak in over 30 years resulted in two child fatalities.
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