“The statement of [Sen. Rand] Paul would create anxiety because he’s a doctor, he’s a respected senator and there is no evidence that I’m aware of that a vaccine causes mental retardation,” Graham told CNN during an interview in his Capitol Hill office. “If he has that evidence he should come forward and let the scientific community do something about it. You cannot scare people by anecdote.”
READ: Paul says vaccines can cause ‘profound mental disorders’
On Monday, Paul said on CNBC he has heard of “many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.”
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On Monday, a Paul spokesman told CNN he does believe vaccines save lives and that his children were all vaccinated.
“He also believes many vaccines should be voluntary and like most medical decisions, between the doctor and the patient, not the government,” said Sergio Gor, a Paul campaign spokesman.
