"What really reinvigorated vaccines was Prevnar, the pneumococcal……" — Paul A. Offit
"What really reinvigorated vaccines was Prevnar, the pneumococcal vaccine that prevents against meningitis and ear infections. Here was the first vaccine to cross the billion-dollar mark."
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14 Quotes by Paul A. Offit
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Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they’re pro-vaccine. They just…
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Vaccines are not traditionally big money makers. They're given once or a few times in one's life, so they're never…
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For most mothers, vaccinations become a matter of faith - faith in pharmaceutical companies, faith in public health officials -…
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Your child can die from chickenpox.
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Pneumococcus is a fairly common cause of pneumonia and [raises the] risk of death in older adults.
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Physicians who care for adults generally don't think about vaccines as much as pediatricians do, and adults think of vaccines…
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Flu vaccine is far and away the most underutilized.
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Pertussis is a disease that adolescents and adults give to children.
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If you've had a cough that lasted weeks, a cough that just doesn't seem to go away, chances are it…
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The flu can definitely set you up for bacterial pneumonias.
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When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and are born, you're…
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One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins.
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