Scott Gottlieb: I Worry ‘Epidemics of Diseases That Have Long Been Vanquished’ Will Come Back with RFK Jr. In Charge

QUICK Meantime president elect ░░░░░░░░ Trump has made all ░░░░░░░░ his picks for the ░░░░░░░░ related team Joining us ░░░░░░░░ now to talk about ░░░░░░░░ of this and what ░░░░░░░░ means to the sector ░░░░░░░░ Dr Scott Gottlieb Of ░░░░░░░░ he s the former ░░░░░░░░ commissioner under the last ░░░░░░░░ Administration He s also ░░░░░░░░ CNBC contributor Scott you ░░░░░░░░ still a board member ░░░░░░░░ Pfizer as well GOTTLIEB ░░░░░░░░ s right QUICK Okay ░░░░░░░░ a board member at ░░░░░░░░ Let s jump into ░░░░░░░░ Why Don t We ░░░░░░░░ with the incoming administration ░░░░░░░░ choices because there s ░░░░░░░░ a lot of consternation ░░░░░░░░ lot of people who ░░░░░░░░ said wait a second ░░░░░░░░ RFK Jr Heading things ░░░░░░░░ what do you say ░░░░░░░░ somebody who served in ░░░░░░░░ last Trump Administration GOTTLIEB ░░░░░░░░ I have deep concerns ░░░░░░░░ Kennedy s stated intentions ░░░░░░░░ roll back core public ░░░░░░░░ protections particularly as it ░░░░░░░░ to childhood vaccines He ░░░░░░░░ brought in a very ░░░░░░░░ team a lot of ░░░░░░░░ from the Children s ░░░░░░░░ Fund which is his ░░░░░░░░ vax organization These guys ░░░░░░░░ capable I think they ░░░░░░░░ deadly serious and have ░░░░░░░░ very clear about their ░░░░░░░░ I think sometimes you ░░░░░░░░ to take people at ░░░░░░░░ word And just to ░░░░░░░░ of level set where ░░░░░░░░ are right now we ░░░░░░░░ 5 000 cases of ░░░░░░░░ last year we will ░░░░░░░░ 30 000 cases this ░░░░░░░░ Pregnant women for the ░░░░░░░░ time in a very ░░░░░░░░ time now have to ░░░░░░░░ about pertussis as a ░░░░░░░░ to pregnancy And if ░░░░░░░░ look at vaccination rates ░░░░░░░░ MMR there are states ░░░░░░░░ really are at the ░░░░░░░░ point in terms of ░░░░░░░░ vaccination rates Herd immunity ░░░░░░░░ achieved at a level ░░░░░░░░ about 95 coverage If ░░░░░░░░ look at Idaho it ░░░░░░░░ at 79 You look ░░░░░░░░ and Wisconsin 84 Minnesota ░░░░░░░░ Florida Colorado Oklahoma Georgia ░░░░░░░░ Utah at 88 When ░░░░░░░░ was at FDA in ░░░░░░░░ and 2019 all those ░░░░░░░░ were in the low ░░░░░░░░ If we lose another ░░░░░░░░ we ll be in ░░░░░░░░ position where we see ░░░░░░░░ outbreaks of measles That ░░░░░░░░ easily happen in the ░░░░░░░░ few years QUICK MMR ░░░░░░░░ mumps rubella pertussis is ░░░░░░░░ cough GOTTLIEB Whooping cough ░░░░░░░░ So you re a ░░░░░░░░ What do you worry ░░░░░░░░ What do you see ░░░░░░░░ Well what I worry ░░░░░░░░ is we re at ░░░░░░░░ tipping point we re ░░░░░░░░ to start to see ░░░░░░░░ of diseases that have ░░░░░░░░ been vanquished And God ░░░░░░░░ we see polio reemerge ░░░░░░░░ this country This could ░░░░░░░░ in the next four ░░░░░░░░ especially with MMR The ░░░░░░░░ vaccination rates have dipped ░░░░░░░░ a point where we ░░░░░░░░ at a tipping point ░░░░░░░░ now Another 5 down ░░░░░░░░ we’ll be there.”