Ep. 64 - Dr. Paul Offit, Vaccine Expert

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Paul Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of Vaccinology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He’s written tons of published peer-reviewed papers and received countless awards for his work. His latest book, Bad Faith, is all about how religious belief can undermine modern medicine. On the day of taping, California had just passed a law making vaccinations all but mandatory, Jim Carrey had gone on a Twitter rant about vaccines, and a woman had died of measles. We spoke with Dr. Offit about why people still don't get vaccinated, how he responds to the most common arguments offered by anti-vaxxers, and why Bill Maher is wrong when he says we don't need to get flu shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.8	Dr. Paul Offett is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital Philadelphia and a Professor of Vaccinology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania
0:40.4	Perlman School of Medicine.
0:42.2	He's written tons of published peer-reviewed papers
0:45.0	and received countless awards for his work.
0:48.0	His latest book, Bad Faith,
0:50.0	is all about how religious belief can undermine modern medicine.
0:54.4	And I should point out that as we talk, California passed a law making vaccinations all but
0:59.4	mandatory. Medical exemptions are okay, but if your kid doesn't get them they can't attend a public school and also Jim
1:06.8	Carey recently went on a Twitter rant about vaccines and a lady actually died of measles
1:12.3	so there's no one we would rather talk to right now. and a lady actually died of measles.
1:12.5	So there's no one we would rather talk to you right now
1:15.3	than Dr. Offett who knows so much about vaccines.
1:18.3	So Paul, thanks for joining us.
1:20.2	Thank you.
1:21.5	I'm not sure I know as much to Jim Carrey, but I'm trying.
1:24.6	I know, I know.
1:25.6	That is the second opinion everyone gets.
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