Adults Quote by Paul A. Offit Download Open image “Pertussis is a disease that adolescents and adults give to children.” — Paul A. Offit ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adolescents Adults Adults Adults Children Children Disease Disease Adolescents Giving Pertussis Pertussis Disease
If you've had a cough that lasted weeks, a cough that just doesn't seem to go away, chances are it was pertussis. — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents whose children are vaccinated no longer have to worry about their… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Not enough children being vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella because their parents, for whatever reason, have decided that it is voluntary. — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It had long been assumed that school-age children represented ideal vectors of infection, because they are among the preferred victims of seasonal flu, they… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever. — Nelson Mandela 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
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would… — John Steinbeck 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
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,… — K. Anders Ericsson Copy Share Image
Part of life is doing stuff that you don't want to do. — One Who Does Not Wish To Be Named Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image