“When Pandora’s curiosity got the best of her, she opened the forbidden box, unknowingly allowing hunger, pestilence, sickness, poverty, crime, and vice to escape into the world. Only one thing remained—hope. When Pandora opened the box again, hope also entered… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
“Mice lie and monkeys exaggerate,” says University of Pennsylvania vaccine researcher David Weiner.” — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
People are reticent to give a newborn the hepatitis B vaccine and often delay it. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
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 Image
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful,” said West, who was talking about sex, not vitamins.) Second,” — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
“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 Image
