Dr. Paul Offit

And ethylmercury is actually a very gentle sort of bacteria static agent, meaning it keeps it from reproducing.

And ethylmercury is actually a very gentle sort of bacteria static agent, meaning it keeps it from reproducing.

And ethylmercury is actually a very gentle sort of bacteria static agent, meaning it keeps it from reproducing.

First of all, assuming you live on this planet, which is pretty much everybody, you're going to be exposed to methylmercury. And methylmercury has a much longer half-life. Methylmercury is in anything made from water, including breast milk and infant formula, at far greater levels than you're ever going to get from this.

First of all, assuming you live on this planet, which is pretty much everybody, you're going to be exposed to methylmercury. And methylmercury has a much longer half-life. Methylmercury is in anything made from water, including breast milk and infant formula, at far greater levels than you're ever going to get from this.

First of all, assuming you live on this planet, which is pretty much everybody, you're going to be exposed to methylmercury. And methylmercury has a much longer half-life. Methylmercury is in anything made from water, including breast milk and infant formula, at far greater levels than you're ever going to get from this.

Ethylmercury, which has a much shorter half-life, is actually not a natural product. It's a synthetic product. But so you go through all that. I mean, there was no sense in trying to take that out of vaccines. But nonetheless, mercury sounds bad, right? It's not like there's a national center for the appreciation of heavy metals standing up in defense of mercury. So therefore, we did.

Ethylmercury, which has a much shorter half-life, is actually not a natural product. It's a synthetic product. But so you go through all that. I mean, there was no sense in trying to take that out of vaccines. But nonetheless, mercury sounds bad, right? It's not like there's a national center for the appreciation of heavy metals standing up in defense of mercury. So therefore, we did.

Ethylmercury, which has a much shorter half-life, is actually not a natural product. It's a synthetic product. But so you go through all that. I mean, there was no sense in trying to take that out of vaccines. But nonetheless, mercury sounds bad, right? It's not like there's a national center for the appreciation of heavy metals standing up in defense of mercury. So therefore, we did.

We put a gun to the public health service, put a gun. I was never for this, but put a gun to the public, to the head of the pharmaceutical companies and said, take it out. So all we did was made multi-dose vials into single-dose vials made vaccines much more expensive and made it more difficult for the developing world to get the vaccines that we need. Waste, environment problems. Awful, right?

We put a gun to the public health service, put a gun. I was never for this, but put a gun to the public, to the head of the pharmaceutical companies and said, take it out. So all we did was made multi-dose vials into single-dose vials made vaccines much more expensive and made it more difficult for the developing world to get the vaccines that we need. Waste, environment problems. Awful, right?

We put a gun to the public health service, put a gun. I was never for this, but put a gun to the public, to the head of the pharmaceutical companies and said, take it out. So all we did was made multi-dose vials into single-dose vials made vaccines much more expensive and made it more difficult for the developing world to get the vaccines that we need. Waste, environment problems. Awful, right?

The other thing that happened was when Rotashield came up, which was a rare cause of intussusception, right? Which can be a serious illness and occurred, the attributable risk was like one in 10,000, one in 30,000. And that's why we don't do a catch-up.

The other thing that happened was when Rotashield came up, which was a rare cause of intussusception, right? Which can be a serious illness and occurred, the attributable risk was like one in 10,000, one in 30,000. And that's why we don't do a catch-up.

The other thing that happened was when Rotashield came up, which was a rare cause of intussusception, right? Which can be a serious illness and occurred, the attributable risk was like one in 10,000, one in 30,000. And that's why we don't do a catch-up.

Not really. So there's two vaccines, Rix, which is given as a two-dose vaccine, two informos, and then two, four, and six for Rotatec.

Not really. So there's two vaccines, Rix, which is given as a two-dose vaccine, two informos, and then two, four, and six for Rotatec.

Not really. So there's two vaccines, Rix, which is given as a two-dose vaccine, two informos, and then two, four, and six for Rotatec.

Oh, I see what you're saying. Yes. So now you're at month eight, month nine. So the concern was that natural interception occurred well before there ever was a rotavirus vaccine. It primarily is around five, six, seven. You start to see it peak then.

Oh, I see what you're saying. Yes. So now you're at month eight, month nine. So the concern was that natural interception occurred well before there ever was a rotavirus vaccine. It primarily is around five, six, seven. You start to see it peak then.