Mark Hyman, MD · 2025-05-21 · Mark Hyman (host), Joel Warsh

Doctors Debate Vaccines - Uncovering the Truth from the Noise

43 claims checked against research: 4 contradicted 3 overstated 5 needing context 24 supported 1 corroborated online 6 unverified

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0:11:40Mark Hyman (host)unverifiedvery low

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received over 2.6 million reports of adverse effects.

"And since that time, there's a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System called VAERS, which has received over 2.6 million adverse effects." (said at 0:11:40)

No published record matching the claim that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received over 2.6 million adverse effect reports was located; this does not prove the claim false.

0:12:18Mark Hyman (host)unverifiedvery low

The manufacturer of the RSV vaccine made 100 billion dollars from it.

"And the RSV vaccine, which is an important disease that kids get, respiratory syncytial, it's a respiratory disease. And the company made a hundred billion dollars off this vaccine." (said at 0:12:18)

No published record matching the claim that an RSV vaccine manufacturer made 100 billion dollars from the vaccine was located; this does not prove the claim false. Published biomedical reviews note that RSV vaccines (including two protein subunit vaccines and an mRNA vaccine) have only recently been approved and licenced for use in older adults and as maternal vaccination.

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Financial reports from manufacturers of approved RSV vaccines, such as GSK and Pfizer, show that their RSV shots (Arexvy and Abrysvo) have generated around $500 million to $1.5 billion each in annual sales, and the entire RSV vaccine market is valued in the single-digit billions.

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Childhood vaccines are not evaluated against inert placebos like saline or water in pre-licensure clinical trials; they are tested against other vaccines or previous formulations.

"Every single vaccine before it hits the market, it's studied against a placebo. The thing is a lot of those placebos are not inert... Basically all the vaccines on the market that are the children vaccines were never studied against an inert placebo like water, like they were never studied against saline." (said at 0:19:45)

No published record matching the claim that childhood vaccines are never evaluated against inert placebos like saline or water in pre-licensure clinical trials was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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The hepatitis B vaccine package insert reports that original safety trials monitored participants for only four to five days.

"we have a hepatitis B vaccine on the market that the original studies in the package insert say the safety was studied for four or five days." (said at 0:36:00)

No published record matching the claim that the hepatitis B vaccine package insert reports original safety trials monitored participants for only four to five days was located; this does not prove the claim false.

0:38:34Mark Hyman (host)unverifiedvery low

The United States accounted for 16% of global COVID-19 deaths while comprising 4% of the world's population.

"And that's why we had, you know, four times the rate of of other countries in terms of the number of deaths per population: 16% of the the global deaths and 4% of the population of the world." (said at 0:38:34)

No published record matching the claim that the United States accounted for 16% of global COVID-19 deaths while comprising 4% of the world's population was located; this does not prove the claim false.

1:09:32Mark Hyman (host)unverifiedvery low

Infants do not have a fully developed immune system until they are over one year of age.

"vaccines are a really big immune irritant, and babies don't have a fully developed immune system until they're over a year old." (said at 1:09:32)

No published record matching the claim that infants do not have a fully developed immune system until they are over one year of age was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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