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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hannah Harris Green

Rinse and repeat: US vaccine hearing on unpublished study debates same myths

The subcommittee hearing on the public perception of vaccines and vaccine policy in Washington DC on 9 September.
The subcommittee hearing on the public perception of vaccines and vaccine policy in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

A congressional hearing on Tuesday titled “How the Corruption of Science Has Impacted Public Perception and Policies Regarding Vaccines” largely consisted of a debate over an unpublished study comparing chronic illnesses in children who received vaccines with those who didn’t.

The study was lead-authored by Marcus Zervos of Henry Ford Health, completed in 2020, and never submitted for publication, according to testimony during the hearing. Senator Ron Johnson, the chair of the subcommittee for the hearing, and the witness Aaron Siri, a lawyer who has represented RFK Jr and the anti-vaccination non-profit Informed Consent Action Network, both claimed the study was not submitted because the authors would lose their jobs were it to be published.

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