“Grant argued that America needed to become America again. And that the only way this was going to happen was if we removed the weeds and allowed people of Grant’s race to flourish. A decade later, when Madison Grant’s book… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
“Mice lie and monkeys exaggerate,” says University of Pennsylvania vaccine researcher David Weiner.” — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
Physicians who care for adults generally don't think about vaccines as much as pediatricians do, and adults think of vaccines as a kid thing. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“There is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics or intellectual capacity or that there is any connection… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“Today, although the terms have changed, the concepts remain the same. Now the evils released from Pandora’s box have more specific names like pests,… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“The facts tell a very different story: (1) First-generation Mexican immigrants actually commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans; (2) as rates of immigration have… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“Charles Davenport, who in a letter to Grant urged him to push forward on immigration restriction: “Can we build a wall high enough around… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
People are reticent to give a newborn the hepatitis B vaccine and often delay it. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
Vaccines are not traditionally big money makers. They're given once or a few times in one's life, so they're never going to be blockbusters. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful,” said West, who was talking about sex, not vitamins.) Second,” — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“I do not, of course, propose to neglect the sick, the feeble or the unfortunate,” wrote Galton, “but I would exact an equivalent for… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
“History is the error we are forever correcting.” —Anthony Marra, The Tsar of Love and Techno” — Paul A. Offit Copy Share
When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and the world, you're not. Very quickly, you… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share