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RFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement

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The Panic Virus and the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act

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In 1978 there were two lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers in 1986 four years after this documentary there were 250 lawsuits And they were totaling three billion in damages and some of these cases one Yeah vaccines are not particularly profitable right there mostly being bought in like very large quantities by municipal governments and stuff The drug makers are basically like this is not worth it for us. What starts happening in the 1980s is the number of companies that make vaccines goes from over 20 to less than four Because they're like we can't afford the litigation. In 1986 Congress passes A law with a name that will like ring in the fucking ears of the Anti-vaxx people love the naming of this law It's called the national

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