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Rand Paul: Parents 'Own' Children, Not the State, So Vaccines Should Be Voluntary

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Charles Johnson2/02/2015 9:11:29 pm PST

re: #433 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Obama goofed, then corrected himself. No big deal. Admit it and move on.

I don’t agree it was a goof. He said the science was inconclusive about the cause of autism - that’s the entire context of his statement. He wouldn’t have gone on to express unconditional support for the vaccination system if he thought there was something inconclusive about the science behind it.

It was an impromptu response to an unrehearsed question, and it’s a bad mistake to try to read things into it that weren’t there.