During a recent hearing on vaccine safety, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene made controversial statements that have drawn criticism from her Democratic colleagues.
Greene, who is not a medical professional, challenged experts from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on their policies regarding vaccinations.
During the hearing, Greene said, “I’m not a doctor, but I have a Ph.D. in recognizing b——- when I hear it.”
She proceeded to question the witnesses and accused Peter Marks , director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, of disregarding complaints of vaccine-related injury in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
In response, Daniel Jernigan , CDC director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, emphasized that while the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System collects unverified data for early warning, it should not be the main source for assessing vaccine injuries.