Retsef Levi on the Hep B vax recommendation for children: “The factual reality is that these were approved based on outrageous criteria. And specifically when you think about the safety, outrageous criteria.” “As a father and as a scientist, I don't know how we have the courage based on such slim evidence to come to parents and tell them that that's okay to give to your zero day baby, especially when the risk is so low. I honestly don't understand where the courage is.” “And the question … is not if there is evidence of harm but is whether, you know, you are quite sure that there is no harm. And that's a fundamentally different question that we are not asking in the context of vaccines and specifically in the context of that vaccine.” “I think that trying to present an approach like this as something outrageous, immoral, reckless, is absolutely not consistent with personalized medicine, is absolutely not consistent with giving empowerment to patients and their physicians to make decisions.” @RetsefL