JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri · Aired Mar 3, 2026
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The Supreme Court has described vaccines as 'unavoidably unsafe'.
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What the evidence shows
The phrase turns up in the case, but not as a finding about how dangerous vaccines are. In Bruesewitz v. Wyeth the Supreme Court held that the 1986 vaccine act blocks design-defect suits against manufacturers. "Unavoidably unsafe" is old product liability language, from the Restatement of Torts, for products that carry some irreducible risk even when made correctly. It is a legal category, not a safety rating.
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Is it true that the Supreme Court has described vaccines as 'unavoidably unsafe'?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The phrase turns up in the case, but not as a finding about how dangerous vaccines are. In Bruesewitz v. It was said on JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri, aired Mar 3, 2026, at 1:25:40. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is scotusblog.com, linked below.
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