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28 Jul 2008, 4:26 pm
Then there's Paul Offit, perhaps the most widely-quoted defender of vaccine safety. [read post]
24 Feb 2021, 3:21 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The question is not when do we eliminate the virus in the country,” said Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an expert in virology and immunology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. [read post]
18 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Sandra Brooks, Esq.
He was the head of the Career Criminal Unit when he left in 1984 to set up a small general practice with two other prosecutors, Judy Catterton & Paul Kemp. [read post]
23 Nov 2020, 7:41 am by Steve Lubet
There may be no doctor in America more identified with critical thinking than Paul Offit. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 4:33 am
Paul Offit, chief of the infectious diseases division at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. [read post]
14 May 2010, 9:39 am by Bexis
Paul Offit was perfectly within his rights to call them liars:In this case, the article's quotation of Defendant Offit's comment that Plaintiff “lies” cannot reasonably be understood to suggest, as the Complaint alleges, that Plaintiff is “a person lacking honesty and integrity ... [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 7:23 am by Walter Olson
[AW] “The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return” [Paul Howard/Jim Copland, City Journal] Theodore Dalrymple reviews new Paul Offit vaccine book [same] Many trial lawyers yank funding from Ralph Nader operations in pique over his role in depriving Al Gore of White House victory [ten years ago on Overlawyered] Tags: Arizona, art and artists, baseball, champerty, Chevron, John Edwards, litigation finance, vaccines Related posts February 20 roundup… [read post]
29 May 2020, 3:19 am by David Jensen
 Hiltzik wrote, "The so-called Cutter incident was 'one of the worst biological disasters in American history, exploded the myth of the invulnerability of science and destroyed faith in the vaccine enterprise,' observed Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at the University of Pennsylvania whose 2005 book is the definitive account of the episode. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 9:08 pm by Walter Olson
Paul Offit and Seth Mnookin have new books out on vaccine controversy [Orac] “No one’s trying to get rich off this,” says lawyer planning suit on behalf of A train subway riders stranded during NYC blizzard [NY Daily News] Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna continues to seek solutions to state’s uniquely exposed litigation position, including fix of joint and several liability [Seattle Times, background here and here] ABA Blawg 100 picks — and a… [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 2:46 pm by Michael Krauss
"It's a complicated story...the government hasn't explained to the press or the public exactly what their thinking was in this case," says Paul Offit, a pediatrician and infectious disease researcher at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. [read post]
7 May 2010, 10:25 am by Helen Fu
Paul Offit, a prominent pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, Conde Nast Publications and Amy Wallace for an article on the recent debate over vaccine safety. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 7:38 am by Theodore Ruger
 Some of these areas have seen a resurgence of illnesses and deaths caused by measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough) – ailments which Paul Offit has called the “diseases of [our] grandparents” since they had been successfully eradicated in the United States for decades. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 4:00 am by Steve McConnell
As Paul Offit, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said, "It's very hard to un-scare people once you've scared them. [read post]
24 Aug 2020, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Paul Offit says, this looks a lot like political bullying overtaking the science.Until there is a safe and effective vaccine—based on the best science—that is endorsed by the leading infectious disease experts like Dr. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 9:05 pm by Joshua Burd
Paul Offit, director of the vaccine education center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, reportedly called the guidelines “reassuring” because they should help ensure that vaccine approvals will be based on effectiveness as opposed to political pressures. [read post]
28 Apr 2019, 5:44 am by Marci A. Hamilton
Paul Offit’s remarkable book, Bad Faith, has fought for decades to repeal the religious exemptions in various states that permit parents to avoid vaccination of their children (and/or permit them to deny routine medical treatment). [read post]