'Case closed on Vaccine-Autism debate' says Donald Trump's new FDA pick!

The scientific community has thoroughly debunked any association behind autism and the measles vaccine, and public statements that cast doubt on that make Americans less safe, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday.

"I think for too long a lot of people's public statements allowed these myths to propagate because they've said things like, 'Well, we don't think there's any correlation, but we need more research.' We don't need more research. At some point, enough is enough,"


The federal government does not necessarily need to mandate vaccination because states typically already do so, Gottlieb added. "A federal mandate I think would make more people concerned around the intrusion to decision making," he said.

However, exclusions that allow people to opt out in 20 states are inappropriate and should be reconsidered, he said.

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