Daily News | Paul Offit, Philly’s most vocal vaccine advocate, on science, truth, and why he’s not a fan of the latest COVID boosters
Philadelphia’s most prominent immunization expert isn’t planning to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot, and doesn’t think most others need to either.advisers on which vaccines the public should receive, disagrees withof the White House, FDA, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone over the age of 5 should get the new vaccine.He has dedicated his career to advancing vaccines to save children from preventable illnesses.
Fast-talking and direct, Offit, 71, is a passionate debater, whether the topic is the latest vaccine data or the Eagles. For more than two decades, the pediatric vaccinologist has thrown himself into America’s culture wars over vaccination, fighting vaccine critics’ misinformation. In return he’s received death threats and antisemitic vitriol.
When asked to decide whether America needed a new type of vaccine to address the latest COVID variants, the majority of experts on the independent FDA committee disagreed with him, including Archana Chatterjee, dean of the Chicago Medical School. After the June vote to update the vaccines used for boosters, the agency said there was no need for the advisory committee to be heard again.
His desk is bare except for some family photos, a box of tissues, and one of his books. It reflects how he approaches writing, tidying his prose through revisions.He has known from an early age thatOffit was 5 when surgery on his right foot left him hospitalized for
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