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 have, living on the surface of your body, trillions of bacteria, literally trillion. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and are born, you're no longer in a sterile environment. Very quickly you have bacteria living on your skin, in your nose and throat. — 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
