Aaron Siri: The One Product You Can't Sue in America

— Aaron Siri's deposition of Dr. Stanley Plotkin, the leading vaccine scientist, revealed that the Hepatitis B vaccine was licensed based on a clinical trial with only 147 children, five days of safety monitoring, and no control group.

— Siri argues that the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act granted pharmaceutical manufacturers immunity from liability, removing market incentives to conduct rigorous safety testing and design safer products.

— Plotkin, the principal investigator of the trial he testified about, could not recall basic details of the study's safety duration, suggesting safety is treated as an afterthought rather than a core focus.

— Unlike other products subject to liability, vaccines face no design-defect lawsuits, eliminating the economic pressure that normally drives manufacturers to improve safety profiles over time.

— Measles mortality in the United States declined over 98% between 1900 and the vaccine's 1963 introduction, suggesting other factors (sanitation, nutrition, medical care) drove the decline, not the vaccine.

— Siri contends that informed consent is violated when government mandates prevent unvaccinated individuals from attending school or participating in civil society, regardless of their knowledge level.

— Review primary source documents on the FDA website (package inserts and clinical trial data) before making vaccination decisions for yourself or your children; do not rely solely on regulatory authority claims.

— Recognize that the liability immunity structure creates perverse incentives: without legal exposure, manufacturers have no economic pressure to conduct long-term safety studies or design safer products, unlike every other consumer product category.