The Mona Charen Show

An Insider's View of RFK, Jr. and the Risks to Public Health

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Famed virologist Dr. Paul Offit describes his encounters with RFK, Jr., vaccine misinformation, trust in medicine, and what he fears most.

REFERENCES:

  • Dr. Paul Offit’s Books:

    • Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

    • The Cutter Incident(about a polio vaccine gone wrong)

    • Historical Vaccine References:

      • The Cutter Incident (1950s polio vaccine failure)

      • The history of polio, iron lungs, and the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines.

      • The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

      • The impact of vaccines on childhood diseases like diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, and rotavirus.

      • Andrew Wakefield and Vaccine-Autism Misinformation:

        • Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper (later retracted) linking MMR vaccines to autism.

        • The role of The Lancet and editor Richard Horton.

        • The legal and financial conflicts of interest that led to Wakefield’s discrediting.

        • Anti-Vaccine Movement History:

          • The Anti-Vaccination League (1800s opposition to smallpox vaccine).

          • NBC’s DPT Vaccine Roulette (1980s), which fueled fears about the whooping cough vaccine.

          • RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine activism and misinformation campaigns.

          • The impact of anti-vaccine movements in places like Samoa, leading to deadly measles outbreaks.

          • Current Vaccine Issues and Policy Changes:

            • RFK Jr.'s role in the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and vaccine policy.

            • The cancellation of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting.



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