Paul Offit
Pediatrician and infectious-disease specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq. Writes the Beyond the Noise newsletter on vaccines and US health policy.
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AI is a powerful tool for providing accurate, up-to-date, science-based answers to questions when used correctly.
In the right hands, AI is a powerful tool for providing accurate, up-to-date, science-based answers to questions.
pauloffit.substack.comSaid 12 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Anti-vaccine activists have turned to religion to further their opposition to vaccines, leading to increased hospitalizations and deaths from preventable diseases.
Anti-vaccine activists have now turned to religion to further their war against vaccines, which has caused more hospitalizations and deaths from measles, influenza, and whooping cough than we have seen in decades.
pauloffit.substack.comSaid 5 Oct 2026This on korrents
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AI is a powerful tool for providing accurate, up-to-date, science-based answers to questions when used correctly.
In the right hands, AI is a powerful tool for providing accurate, up-to-date, science-based answers to questions.
RFK Jr., AI, and “Medical Experts” Said 12 Oct 2026
AI is not a powerful tool for providing accurate answers when used by current federal government leaders.
In the wrong hands, such as our current federal government leaders, it isn't.
RFK Jr., AI, and “Medical Experts” Said 12 Oct 2026
Anti-vaccine activists have turned to religion to further their opposition to vaccines, leading to increased hospitalizations and deaths from preventable diseases.
Anti-vaccine activists have now turned to religion to further their war against vaccines, which has caused more hospitalizations and deaths from measles, influenza, and whooping cough than we have seen in decades.
Irreligious Acts Said 5 Oct 2026
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The efforts of Del Bigtree have resulted in more children in Mississippi suffering from preventable illnesses.
Due to Del Bigtree's efforts, more children in Mississippi are now forced to suffer preventable illnesses.
Irreligious Acts Said 5 Oct 2026
The number of immunological components in vaccines is more important than the number of vaccines administered.
First, it's not the number of vaccines that matter, it's the number of immunological components in the vaccines; specifically, bacterial proteins, bacterial polysaccharides, and viral proteins.
President Trump’s Childhood Vaccine Schedule Said 8 Jun 2026
The use of the phrase "peer nations" in the context of vaccine recommendations is non-sensical.
Second, Trump's use of the phrase "peer nations" was non-sensical. Different developed world countries make different decisions based on demographics, health system capacity, vaccine access, and vaccine cost.
President Trump’s Childhood Vaccine Schedule Said 8 Jun 2026
Package inserts are legal communication documents rather than medical communication documents.
Package inserts are not medical communication documents; they're legal communication documents.
The Subtle Horror of Package Inserts Said 5 May 2026
The damage caused by the anti-vaccine movement is not limited to outbreaks of preventable infections.
A recent Instagram post by a pediatrician showed that the damage caused by the anti-vaccine movement isn't limited to outbreaks of preventable infections.
Collateral Damage Said 28 Apr 2026
American children have suffered and died from preventable diseases like measles, whooping cough, and influenza at rates greater than have been seen in decades due to RFK Jr.
Thanks to RFK Jr., during the past year, American children have suffered and died from preventable diseases like measles, whooping cough, and influenza at rates greater than have been seen in decades.
How to Be an Effective Anti-Vaccine Activist Said 14 Apr 2026
The current administration is undermining CDC science.
This is definitely an escalation of this administration's undermining of CDC science,
How to Be an Effective Anti-Vaccine Activist Said 14 Apr 2026
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