Quotes by Paul Offit

“Youre talking about a billion-dollar project for not a very high-profit product,”

“The problem was, the earlier vaccines didnt cause long-lasting immunity, ... Frequent boosting was required.”

“The problem with the original vaccine is when given to kids over 7, it caused some pretty severe reactions,”

“Even if bird flu isnt the culprit, there almost certainly will be a disastrous pandemic of some sort in the next 20 years, ... And if we continue on our present course, the U.S. will not be prepared to handle it.”

“God knows we need a vaccine against travelers diarrhea. This approach is very straightforward and seems to work.”

“The virus is clearly not highly contagious among mammals, and I dont think its going to become so.”

“Unsurprisingly, politicians spout sound bites about their unwillingness to remove consumer protections from the equation, but they have it all wrong, ... The only real way to protect consumers is to keep them alive. We must move fast and we must move now. The clock is ticking.”

“What makes you vulnerable is the virulence, the dangerousness, of the virus, and the 1918 virus was one dangerous virus, ... Avian flu, too - when it infects, it kills. Thats why people are scared, and reasonably so.”

“The question becomes, which is the conservative and which is the radical decision? I think the more radical choice, frankly, is not to give the vaccine.”

“Rotavirus basically affects everybody by the time they are 5. If we took blood samples of all people, it would be rare to find someone who has not had rotavirus.”