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Paul A. Offit Quotes

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“Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; theyre pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer. This is a much softer, less radical, more tolerable message, allowing them greater access to the media. However, because anti-vaccine activists today define safe as free from side effects such as autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots—conditions that arent caused by vaccines—safer vaccines, using their definition, can never be made.”
— Paul A. Offit —

“Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they're pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer. This is a much softer, less radical, more tolerable message, allowing them greater access to the media. However, because anti-vaccine activists today define safe as free from side effects such as autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots-conditions that aren't caused by vaccines-safer vaccines, using their definition, can never be made.”

— Paul A. Offit

“I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children.”

— Paul A. Offit

“Vaccines are not traditionally big money makers. They're given once or a few times in one's life, so they're never going to be blockbusters.”

— Paul A. Offit

“One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins.”

— Paul A. Offit

“When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and are born, you're no longer in a sterile environment. Very quickly you have bacteria living on your skin, in your nose and throat.”

— Paul A. Offit

“The flu can definitely set you up for bacterial pneumonias.”

— Paul A. Offit