Dr. Paul Offit

Right, exactly right. I mean, so there's an HIV researcher at the University of Penn named Jim Hoxie, who, as it turns out, doesn't have the HIV binding receptor. Good news for him. And so could you genetically engineer children so that they don't have that binding receptor? Yes, you could.

Right, exactly right. I mean, so there's an HIV researcher at the University of Penn named Jim Hoxie, who, as it turns out, doesn't have the HIV binding receptor. Good news for him. And so could you genetically engineer children so that they don't have that binding receptor? Yes, you could.

Right, exactly right. I mean, so there's an HIV researcher at the University of Penn named Jim Hoxie, who, as it turns out, doesn't have the HIV binding receptor. Good news for him. And so could you genetically engineer children so that they don't have that binding receptor? Yes, you could.

I mean, it's interesting that, again, to go back to James Watson, when he was asked about gene editing, he's still alive, actually. He's like 96 years old. He said, you know, we could make girls prettier. And what's wrong with that? This is why you don't want scientists weighing in on this stuff.

I mean, it's interesting that, again, to go back to James Watson, when he was asked about gene editing, he's still alive, actually. He's like 96 years old. He said, you know, we could make girls prettier. And what's wrong with that? This is why you don't want scientists weighing in on this stuff.

I mean, it's interesting that, again, to go back to James Watson, when he was asked about gene editing, he's still alive, actually. He's like 96 years old. He said, you know, we could make girls prettier. And what's wrong with that? This is why you don't want scientists weighing in on this stuff.

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I just, I'll give you a personal story. I mean, I was fortunate enough to be part of a team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that created the strains that became the rotavirus vaccine, Rotatex. So it's sort of like, you know, when the gods are angry, this is the old Chinese proverb, that when the gods are angry, they grant your wish.

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I just, I'll give you a personal story. I mean, I was fortunate enough to be part of a team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that created the strains that became the rotavirus vaccine, Rotatex. So it's sort of like, you know, when the gods are angry, this is the old Chinese proverb, that when the gods are angry, they grant your wish.

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I just, I'll give you a personal story. I mean, I was fortunate enough to be part of a team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that created the strains that became the rotavirus vaccine, Rotatex. So it's sort of like, you know, when the gods are angry, this is the old Chinese proverb, that when the gods are angry, they grant your wish.

I mean, so we were working for whatever, 25 plus years on trying to make a vaccine to prevent this disease, which can... causes roughly 2,000 children a day to die in the world. So, an important thing. But, you know, you don't know. I mean, you know that you've done work in, that 35,000 children have gotten, babies have gotten that vaccine.

I mean, so we were working for whatever, 25 plus years on trying to make a vaccine to prevent this disease, which can... causes roughly 2,000 children a day to die in the world. So, an important thing. But, you know, you don't know. I mean, you know that you've done work in, that 35,000 children have gotten, babies have gotten that vaccine.

I mean, so we were working for whatever, 25 plus years on trying to make a vaccine to prevent this disease, which can... causes roughly 2,000 children a day to die in the world. So, an important thing. But, you know, you don't know. I mean, you know that you've done work in, that 35,000 children have gotten, babies have gotten that vaccine.

And then, you know, the CDC, the FDA licenses it, and then the CDC recommends it, and your heart is in your throat. I mean, you are waiting for the other shoe to drop. I remember me and my, one of my co-inventors, Fred Clark, are just pouring through gene databases. What weren't we thinking about? Are we making immune response to the cells that lie in your joints?

And then, you know, the CDC, the FDA licenses it, and then the CDC recommends it, and your heart is in your throat. I mean, you are waiting for the other shoe to drop. I remember me and my, one of my co-inventors, Fred Clark, are just pouring through gene databases. What weren't we thinking about? Are we making immune response to the cells that lie in your joints?

And then, you know, the CDC, the FDA licenses it, and then the CDC recommends it, and your heart is in your throat. I mean, you are waiting for the other shoe to drop. I remember me and my, one of my co-inventors, Fred Clark, are just pouring through gene databases. What weren't we thinking about? Are we making immune response to the cells that lie in your joints?

Are we making immune response to the surface of cells in your pancreas that make insulin? I mean, is there where we could create diabetes? Is there something we didn't think about? Because you know you didn't think about everything because you can't think about everything.

Are we making immune response to the surface of cells in your pancreas that make insulin? I mean, is there where we could create diabetes? Is there something we didn't think about? Because you know you didn't think about everything because you can't think about everything.

Are we making immune response to the surface of cells in your pancreas that make insulin? I mean, is there where we could create diabetes? Is there something we didn't think about? Because you know you didn't think about everything because you can't think about everything.

And now the vaccine is going to be given to hundreds of millions of people and you're going to find out what you didn't think about. So your heart's always in your throat.

And now the vaccine is going to be given to hundreds of millions of people and you're going to find out what you didn't think about. So your heart's always in your throat.