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6 Oct 2022, 6:07 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, does not mince words when describing the scientific legacy of the Covid-19 vaccines: The mRNA shots, he said, are “the greatest scientific achievement in my lifetime. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
9 Apr 2019, 12:18 pm by lennyesq
Paul Offit, a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said there was precedent for Mr. de Blasio’s actions, pointing to a massive measles outbreak in Philadelphia in 1991. [read post]
23 May 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Brian Resnick, Vox; earlier] The article touches only briefly on the role of lawyers and litigation in this episode, but it’s been documented at more length by, among others, Paul Offit in his book The Cutter Incident. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 7:25 am
Paul Offit writes in the Wall Street Journal: Almost 8,000 cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, have been reported to California’s Public Health Department so far this year. [read post]
30 Dec 2013, 8:52 am
Offit goes after Linus Pauling, brilliant, but irrational in his claim that, despite much negative evidence, high doses of vitamin C, combined with other supplements, could cure colds, treat cancer and address a host of other problems (including AIDS) without side-effects. [read post]