• An Insider's View of RFK, Jr. and the Risks to Public Health

  • Mar 17 2025
  • Length: 47 mins
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An Insider's View of RFK, Jr. and the Risks to Public Health

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  • Famed virologist Dr. Paul Offit describes his encounters with RFK, Jr., vaccine misinformation, trust in medicine, and what he fears most.

    REFERENCES:

    • Dr. Paul Offit’s Books:

      • Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

      • The Cutter Incident(about a polio vaccine gone wrong)

    • Historical Vaccine References:

      • The Cutter Incident (1950s polio vaccine failure)

      • The history of polio, iron lungs, and the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines.

      • The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

      • The impact of vaccines on childhood diseases like diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, and rotavirus.

    • Andrew Wakefield and Vaccine-Autism Misinformation:

      • Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper (later retracted) linking MMR vaccines to autism.

      • The role of The Lancet and editor Richard Horton.

      • The legal and financial conflicts of interest that led to Wakefield’s discrediting.

    • Anti-Vaccine Movement History:

      • The Anti-Vaccination League (1800s opposition to smallpox vaccine).

      • NBC’s DPT Vaccine Roulette (1980s), which fueled fears about the whooping cough vaccine.

      • RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine activism and misinformation campaigns.

      • The impact of anti-vaccine movements in places like Samoa, leading to deadly measles outbreaks.

    • Current Vaccine Issues and Policy Changes:

      • RFK Jr.'s role in the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and vaccine policy.

      • The cancellation of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting.
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