Dr. Paul Offit

Maybe it was that worm. Maybe the worm was telling him to do it.

Maybe it was that worm. Maybe the worm was telling him to do it.

And then we run into each other in Aspen.

And then we run into each other in Aspen.

The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases, we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. And for that reason, parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, than the diseases that they prevent. And so you're starting to see then an erosion in vaccine confidence and as a consequence, an erosion in vaccine rates.

The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases, we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. And for that reason, parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, than the diseases that they prevent. And so you're starting to see then an erosion in vaccine confidence and as a consequence, an erosion in vaccine rates.

The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases, we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. And for that reason, parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, than the diseases that they prevent. And so you're starting to see then an erosion in vaccine confidence and as a consequence, an erosion in vaccine rates.

It's understandable, right? I mean, children get, in the first few years of life, will get vaccines to prevent 14 different diseases, which can mean as many as 27 inoculations, to prevent diseases most people don't see, using biological fluids most people don't understand. That there's pushback on vaccines makes perfect sense. I get it.

It's understandable, right? I mean, children get, in the first few years of life, will get vaccines to prevent 14 different diseases, which can mean as many as 27 inoculations, to prevent diseases most people don't see, using biological fluids most people don't understand. That there's pushback on vaccines makes perfect sense. I get it.

It's understandable, right? I mean, children get, in the first few years of life, will get vaccines to prevent 14 different diseases, which can mean as many as 27 inoculations, to prevent diseases most people don't see, using biological fluids most people don't understand. That there's pushback on vaccines makes perfect sense. I get it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Right. Well, it used to be that there were, in terms of the number of journal articles that were published per day internationally, it was about 4,000 journal articles a day. That has doubled in the time of COVID. And also there are many more preprints that are published. People will even reference preprints, meaning non-peer-reviewed preprints.

Right. Well, it used to be that there were, in terms of the number of journal articles that were published per day internationally, it was about 4,000 journal articles a day. That has doubled in the time of COVID. And also there are many more preprints that are published. People will even reference preprints, meaning non-peer-reviewed preprints.

Right. Well, it used to be that there were, in terms of the number of journal articles that were published per day internationally, it was about 4,000 journal articles a day. That has doubled in the time of COVID. And also there are many more preprints that are published. People will even reference preprints, meaning non-peer-reviewed preprints.

I'm waiting for people to reference something I heard on the bus on the way to work. They are saying. There's sort of a little bit of a loss, I think, in terms of the degree to which there is oversight of that kind of information. So you're right, and we're very quick to jump to the next magical, mystical thing that's going to make everything better, not realizing that

I'm waiting for people to reference something I heard on the bus on the way to work. They are saying. There's sort of a little bit of a loss, I think, in terms of the degree to which there is oversight of that kind of information. So you're right, and we're very quick to jump to the next magical, mystical thing that's going to make everything better, not realizing that

I'm waiting for people to reference something I heard on the bus on the way to work. They are saying. There's sort of a little bit of a loss, I think, in terms of the degree to which there is oversight of that kind of information. So you're right, and we're very quick to jump to the next magical, mystical thing that's going to make everything better, not realizing that

All these innovations, historically, every single one of them have been associated with some human price. There's always a human price to pay for knowledge, always. And I don't think we accept that. We think we're so far along now in the world of science and medicine that that learning curve is finished, and it's never finished.