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Dr. Paul Offit

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The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

So instead of children getting three shots, or one, two shots, right, because it's a two-shot vaccine, they would get six shots, right, with no benefit. So we voted no, but it told me about the reader which politics and sort of Trump signed.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

So instead of children getting three shots, or one, two shots, right, because it's a two-shot vaccine, they would get six shots, right, with no benefit. So we voted no, but it told me about the reader which politics and sort of Trump signed.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

And then there was RotaShield, which was a rotavirus vaccine that was taken off the market because it was a rare cause of intestinal blockage called an interception. And then there was Stimerosal, right, this ethyl mercury-containing preservative vaccine. So that was where we basically put a gun to our head, even though all the evidence was that this was not a problem.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

And then there was RotaShield, which was a rotavirus vaccine that was taken off the market because it was a rare cause of intestinal blockage called an interception. And then there was Stimerosal, right, this ethyl mercury-containing preservative vaccine. So that was where we basically put a gun to our head, even though all the evidence was that this was not a problem.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

And then there was RotaShield, which was a rotavirus vaccine that was taken off the market because it was a rare cause of intestinal blockage called an interception. And then there was Stimerosal, right, this ethyl mercury-containing preservative vaccine. So that was where we basically put a gun to our head, even though all the evidence was that this was not a problem.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

It was an example of how not to communicate a theoretical risk, the way I saw this. But it was frightening, the degree to me, to which... people weren't communicating the fact that in the case, at least for MMR or thimerosal, that this really wasn't a problem. Scientifically, this wasn't a problem. And the pediatricians were good. I mean, they were out there. Vaccines are good.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

It was an example of how not to communicate a theoretical risk, the way I saw this. But it was frightening, the degree to me, to which... people weren't communicating the fact that in the case, at least for MMR or thimerosal, that this really wasn't a problem. Scientifically, this wasn't a problem. And the pediatricians were good. I mean, they were out there. Vaccines are good.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

It was an example of how not to communicate a theoretical risk, the way I saw this. But it was frightening, the degree to me, to which... people weren't communicating the fact that in the case, at least for MMR or thimerosal, that this really wasn't a problem. Scientifically, this wasn't a problem. And the pediatricians were good. I mean, they were out there. Vaccines are good.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Vaccine preventable diseases are bad. So we formed this Vaccine Education Center for the purpose of getting scientists together to try and learn to communicate the science to the public. But see, the minute you say that word science, you know, you've turned people off. When Brianna Keeler asked me on CNN to explain why it was that mRNA vaccines or the

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Vaccine preventable diseases are bad. So we formed this Vaccine Education Center for the purpose of getting scientists together to try and learn to communicate the science to the public. But see, the minute you say that word science, you know, you've turned people off. When Brianna Keeler asked me on CNN to explain why it was that mRNA vaccines or the

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Vaccine preventable diseases are bad. So we formed this Vaccine Education Center for the purpose of getting scientists together to try and learn to communicate the science to the public. But see, the minute you say that word science, you know, you've turned people off. When Brianna Keeler asked me on CNN to explain why it was that mRNA vaccines or the

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

the dna fragments that are in that vaccine because because they use the word contamination not contamination it's just part of the process you're starting with cells you're gonna end up with fragments of dna why that wouldn't be a problem you do have to explain the science at some level i think but maybe i'm wrong maybe you should just say trust me all the evidence isn't isn't uh doesn't support this there's a way to explain the science where it's not too much but it's enough um

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

the dna fragments that are in that vaccine because because they use the word contamination not contamination it's just part of the process you're starting with cells you're gonna end up with fragments of dna why that wouldn't be a problem you do have to explain the science at some level i think but maybe i'm wrong maybe you should just say trust me all the evidence isn't isn't uh doesn't support this there's a way to explain the science where it's not too much but it's enough um

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

the dna fragments that are in that vaccine because because they use the word contamination not contamination it's just part of the process you're starting with cells you're gonna end up with fragments of dna why that wouldn't be a problem you do have to explain the science at some level i think but maybe i'm wrong maybe you should just say trust me all the evidence isn't isn't uh doesn't support this there's a way to explain the science where it's not too much but it's enough um

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Yeah, and it's not trivial. What happened then, this may be inside base pollution, if it is, stop me, but thimerosal wasn't a problem. I mean, ethylmercury, the level contained in vaccines, was never harmful. And it was easy to show that. I mean... Preservatives have been used in vaccines since the 1940s.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Yeah, and it's not trivial. What happened then, this may be inside base pollution, if it is, stop me, but thimerosal wasn't a problem. I mean, ethylmercury, the level contained in vaccines, was never harmful. And it was easy to show that. I mean... Preservatives have been used in vaccines since the 1940s.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

Yeah, and it's not trivial. What happened then, this may be inside base pollution, if it is, stop me, but thimerosal wasn't a problem. I mean, ethylmercury, the level contained in vaccines, was never harmful. And it was easy to show that. I mean... Preservatives have been used in vaccines since the 1940s.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

When you have a multi-dose vial, if you keep violating the rubber stopper with a syringe or needle, you could inadvertently introduce bacteria. So the person who gets the eighth or ninth or tenth dose could actually be inoculated with bacteria and cause serious problems. So hence preservatives.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

When you have a multi-dose vial, if you keep violating the rubber stopper with a syringe or needle, you could inadvertently introduce bacteria. So the person who gets the eighth or ninth or tenth dose could actually be inoculated with bacteria and cause serious problems. So hence preservatives.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit

When you have a multi-dose vial, if you keep violating the rubber stopper with a syringe or needle, you could inadvertently introduce bacteria. So the person who gets the eighth or ninth or tenth dose could actually be inoculated with bacteria and cause serious problems. So hence preservatives.