Dr. Paul Offit

Yeah, right. And so when I made that presentation to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practice, trying to save Rhoda Shield, I said, here's the number. Here's a theoretical million children, got the vaccine, didn't get the vaccine. You're 10 times more likely to die in this country if you didn't get the vaccine.

Yeah, right. And so when I made that presentation to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practice, trying to save Rhoda Shield, I said, here's the number. Here's a theoretical million children, got the vaccine, didn't get the vaccine. You're 10 times more likely to die in this country if you didn't get the vaccine.

Yeah, right. And so when I made that presentation to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practice, trying to save Rhoda Shield, I said, here's the number. Here's a theoretical million children, got the vaccine, didn't get the vaccine. You're 10 times more likely to die in this country if you didn't get the vaccine.

But the way that this was heard was, it's sort of the sin of omission versus the sin of commission. The dying from getting the vaccine is perceived as much worse than dying from just the wild type natural virus because it's something you're doing, something we're doing, right? And so it's perceived as worse, I think.

But the way that this was heard was, it's sort of the sin of omission versus the sin of commission. The dying from getting the vaccine is perceived as much worse than dying from just the wild type natural virus because it's something you're doing, something we're doing, right? And so it's perceived as worse, I think.

But the way that this was heard was, it's sort of the sin of omission versus the sin of commission. The dying from getting the vaccine is perceived as much worse than dying from just the wild type natural virus because it's something you're doing, something we're doing, right? And so it's perceived as worse, I think.

I don't think it plays a role at all.

I don't think it plays a role at all.

I don't think it plays a role at all.

No. First of all, it wouldn't serve you well in the vaccine world to manipulate data because you will soon be found out. I mean, and I wish this was available on the drug side. It's not. It's the vaccine safety data link. The minute a vaccine comes out, you know that there are hundreds of thousands of children who get it and don't get it.

No. First of all, it wouldn't serve you well in the vaccine world to manipulate data because you will soon be found out. I mean, and I wish this was available on the drug side. It's not. It's the vaccine safety data link. The minute a vaccine comes out, you know that there are hundreds of thousands of children who get it and don't get it.

No. First of all, it wouldn't serve you well in the vaccine world to manipulate data because you will soon be found out. I mean, and I wish this was available on the drug side. It's not. It's the vaccine safety data link. The minute a vaccine comes out, you know that there are hundreds of thousands of children who get it and don't get it.

And so if there's a problem, you very quickly will find it out, as was true with Rota, Shield, and Indeceptin, as was true with the mRNA vaccines and myocarditis. as was true with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. And these are rare side effects. I mean, the Johnson & Johnson was one in 200,000, still fairly quickly picked up. There was no hiding.

And so if there's a problem, you very quickly will find it out, as was true with Rota, Shield, and Indeceptin, as was true with the mRNA vaccines and myocarditis. as was true with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. And these are rare side effects. I mean, the Johnson & Johnson was one in 200,000, still fairly quickly picked up. There was no hiding.

And so if there's a problem, you very quickly will find it out, as was true with Rota, Shield, and Indeceptin, as was true with the mRNA vaccines and myocarditis. as was true with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. And these are rare side effects. I mean, the Johnson & Johnson was one in 200,000, still fairly quickly picked up. There was no hiding.

So if you're misrepresenting data, first of all, and you were ever found out to misrepresent data, you are screwed. I mean, the FDA, if you don't like what the FDA decides, there's only one person you can go to above them. That's God. I mean, the FDA is it. Don't upset the FDA. So no, I mean, so on those committees, you have to,

So if you're misrepresenting data, first of all, and you were ever found out to misrepresent data, you are screwed. I mean, the FDA, if you don't like what the FDA decides, there's only one person you can go to above them. That's God. I mean, the FDA is it. Don't upset the FDA. So no, I mean, so on those committees, you have to,

So if you're misrepresenting data, first of all, and you were ever found out to misrepresent data, you are screwed. I mean, the FDA, if you don't like what the FDA decides, there's only one person you can go to above them. That's God. I mean, the FDA is it. Don't upset the FDA. So no, I mean, so on those committees, you have to,

show that you have no relationship to a pharmaceutical company and no relationship with the government. You're an independent advisory committee. I think those discussions are generally really good. I think people are trying to get it right. They don't always get it right, but I think they're trying.

show that you have no relationship to a pharmaceutical company and no relationship with the government. You're an independent advisory committee. I think those discussions are generally really good. I think people are trying to get it right. They don't always get it right, but I think they're trying.