{"id":14709,"date":"2025-07-31T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=14709"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:48:22","slug":"were-childhood-vaccines-properly-tested","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/were-childhood-vaccines-properly-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Were childhood vaccines properly tested?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]Following last week’s Senate Oversight Committee hearing,\u00a0anti-vaxxers<\/a>\u00a0claim\u00a0that vaccines on the childhood schedule were never tested in real science experiments using a true placebo, but instead were only compared to older vaccines or had no real comparison at all.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]The claim\u00a0that most childhood vaccine trials use other vaccines as controls, which are immunologically active and not inert placebos. In reality, saline-placebo-controlled trials are conducted for many vaccines to assess both\u00a0safety<\/a>\u00a0and efficacy:<\/p>\n