On February 18, 2025, RFK Jr. outlined his agenda for the nation’s largest public health agency. Unfortunately, it had little to do with public health.
I cannot understand the level of ignorance that would allow so many people in the US to believe that RFK JR could possibly head up a health service safely. If he really believes the things he is saying out loud - the things he doesn’t say must be even more terrifying 🤯
They weren't? I mean all of them have gone on to work in industry and make millions. isn't being a narcissist someone who only works for one self? so if I approved a drug, and then get paid by that company in few years... yea I might look the other way, or put pressure to get it right...(right for my paycheck)?
I am terrified that we will have our next pandemic on his watch. That's when sh*t will really hit the fan and we'll see whether he's as deeply delusional as he appears, and whether Congress will actually do something. All those Congressmen and women who voted for him will have blood on their hands.
All the people who love RFK Jr don’t understand what the nations that have better health outcomes have in common that we don’t have. They have universal healthcare.
Offit continues with canned vax propaganda. Same discredited “autism studies”. You had your day Offit. You bring nothing to the table. hopefully, you will be removed from any committee. You will no longe disseminate your ignorance.you have done enough damage to children.
Paul - I am a little surprised you give glyphosates (i.e. Roundup ) a pass. I have not read the studies but the idea that they are creating GMOs so they can flood our farm fields with this stuff just sounds like a bad idea. They are finding residues of it everywhere
Hi there- just like there’s misinformation about vaccines, there’s a ton of misinformation on farming and use of glyphosate. @unbiased science podcast and @dr. Andrea love have some great articles on this subject detailing how our exposures to the pesticides are well within safe limits - farmers do not douse their fields. They are used when needed in prescribed amounts- and residues on our food are minuscule and not clinically significant. Just like there is small amounts of aluminum in vaccines that is handled by the body without harm, same for these exceedingly small pesticide residues on our food!
Dr. Offit is great on podcasts but he will probably be too busy taking care of sick children! You might like to listen to the podcast of Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota for all things infectious diseases, as well as his summary of what is happening under RFK Jr and the implications for public health.
Dr. Offit, I value your voice and perspective, even when I feel you occasionally oversimplfy or elide the nuance on complicated topics. But this: "glyphosate is a relatively benign chemical that poses no risk to humans," is easily countered by many studies, not to mention the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifying it as a "probable human carcinogen."
The real problem is how we classify and research carcinogen. There is one study where if they poked the mouse with a needle, vs ingesting the chemical in question, the poked mice had greater incidence of cancer.
So you need to look at the base data, and with hat I agree with Dr. Offit. do your research vs letting the science leaders dictate what you believe.
Hi there- just like there’s misinformation about vaccines, there’s a ton of misinformation on farming and use of glyphosate. @unbiased science podcast and @dr. Andrea love have some great articles on this subject detailing how our exposures to the pesticides are well within safe limits - farmers do not douse their fields. They are used when needed in prescribed amounts- and residues on our food are minuscule and not clinically significant. Just like there is small amounts of aluminum in vaccines that is handled by the body without harm, same for these exceedingly small pesticide residues on our food! And the IARC classification has been widely criticized by scientists- read some of the articles from the above mentioned sources and you can see how this chemical is vilified often unnecessarily.
Thank you Dr. Offit! And thank you for bringing light to the fact that RFK is wrong on other subjects (not just vaccines) - the glyphosate fears are largely overstated - there is a lot of science of this chemical that show with current use it is a safe and effective way to help ensure ample food production while minimizing harm! Thanks for all you do! You are SO appreciated!
There is no association between MMR and autism, no doubt, and I am inclined to think that is true for other vaccines. However, kids receive up to 72 shots in the US before age 18, and we do not have evidence for vaccines other than MMR. So, to make a general negative statement about "vaccines" and autism (or anything else) is misleading.
The fault here does not lie with RFK jr. The fault lies with our NIH, FDA and CDC lying to us for decades.
How many people, Including yourself, Dr Offit, knew that these agencies were aware that thousands of Covid vaccine injuries were taking place as early as January 2021?
How many people are aware that the NIH was flying injured out to Maryland to study them, promising the injured that they would help them and let the public know what was happening?
Instead, these agencies silenced and abandoned the injured.
It is because our government agencies have abandoned the vaccine injured for decades that we now have vaccine hesitancy.
If RFK Jr. can bring radical transparency and unbiased science to the table, we will all win.
“This is what our government has done to the people harmed by Covid Vaccines.” @BrianneDressen
“If the censorship hadn’t happened, there would still be people alive.”
....Regarding additives to processed foods, where is the mention of SUGAR AND SALT. Sugar, in particular, is the major causative factor in 2 to the biggest childhood diseases, Obesity and Tooth Decay.
I think it’s also fascinating that this administration is 1) sending troops to the border 2) focusing on the communicable disease threat that migrants bring to the country and never once make the vaccine connection. They want to scare with the threat of communicable disease but not prevent and protect
Kennedy and his cronies want us infected. That's the other reason they aren't speaking out about these outbreaks except that when they do it's to minimize and lie about them. Here's a link to a thread I did on Blue Sky regarding Brian hooker, PhD, the so-called Chief science officer of Kennedy's anti-vaccine organization Children's Health Defense. This was a February 18th 2025 interview. The lies and trivialization and misdirection by this person who has no medical or infectious disease training is staggering. https://bsky.app/profile/cphickie.bsky.social/post/3liwhcivhsk2w
Wow...there is STRONG evidence that the FDA and CDC are "captured" by the Big Pharma companies that they are supposed to regulate. The previous studies were strongly influenced by Big Pharma...and THIS was very obvious in the recent debacle with Alzheimer's drugs!
It sounds like Offit is now afraid of having new studies conducted by people without any conflicts of interest. Hmmm. This is not just a red flag...it is a maroon flag. Because Offit and other Big Pharma shills are afraid to have new studies conducted, we NEED to have these studies done right this time!...and without the obvious conflicts of interest.
I cannot understand the level of ignorance that would allow so many people in the US to believe that RFK JR could possibly head up a health service safely. If he really believes the things he is saying out loud - the things he doesn’t say must be even more terrifying 🤯
Bill Cassidy (a doctor himself) stand up and take a bow. How do these people sleep?
What's truly terrifying is all the Congressmen and women who voted for him.
Did you have qualms over the last lawyers that headed the hhs?
No. They weren't cognitively-damaged, narcissistic, grifting lifelong predators enabled and emboldened by malevolent puppet masters.
They weren't? I mean all of them have gone on to work in industry and make millions. isn't being a narcissist someone who only works for one self? so if I approved a drug, and then get paid by that company in few years... yea I might look the other way, or put pressure to get it right...(right for my paycheck)?
Yep
I am terrified that we will have our next pandemic on his watch. That's when sh*t will really hit the fan and we'll see whether he's as deeply delusional as he appears, and whether Congress will actually do something. All those Congressmen and women who voted for him will have blood on their hands.
I mean they can't do much worse than the others who handled the last one. Everyone got covid, and our lives and worlds were destroyed.
All the people who love RFK Jr don’t understand what the nations that have better health outcomes have in common that we don’t have. They have universal healthcare.
Offit continues with canned vax propaganda. Same discredited “autism studies”. You had your day Offit. You bring nothing to the table. hopefully, you will be removed from any committee. You will no longe disseminate your ignorance.you have done enough damage to children.
Paul - I am a little surprised you give glyphosates (i.e. Roundup ) a pass. I have not read the studies but the idea that they are creating GMOs so they can flood our farm fields with this stuff just sounds like a bad idea. They are finding residues of it everywhere
Hi there- just like there’s misinformation about vaccines, there’s a ton of misinformation on farming and use of glyphosate. @unbiased science podcast and @dr. Andrea love have some great articles on this subject detailing how our exposures to the pesticides are well within safe limits - farmers do not douse their fields. They are used when needed in prescribed amounts- and residues on our food are minuscule and not clinically significant. Just like there is small amounts of aluminum in vaccines that is handled by the body without harm, same for these exceedingly small pesticide residues on our food!
It’s a circus, with a clown as the ringmaster.
Thank you for your work. I hope your voice can be amplified. Please contact Sam Harris to see if he interested in having you on his podcast.
Dr. Offit is great on podcasts but he will probably be too busy taking care of sick children! You might like to listen to the podcast of Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota for all things infectious diseases, as well as his summary of what is happening under RFK Jr and the implications for public health.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/osterholm-update
I thought Dr. Offit hit it out of the park on CNN the other day. Much better than the antivaxxor!
Dr. Offit, I value your voice and perspective, even when I feel you occasionally oversimplfy or elide the nuance on complicated topics. But this: "glyphosate is a relatively benign chemical that poses no risk to humans," is easily countered by many studies, not to mention the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifying it as a "probable human carcinogen."
The real problem is how we classify and research carcinogen. There is one study where if they poked the mouse with a needle, vs ingesting the chemical in question, the poked mice had greater incidence of cancer.
So you need to look at the base data, and with hat I agree with Dr. Offit. do your research vs letting the science leaders dictate what you believe.
Hi there- just like there’s misinformation about vaccines, there’s a ton of misinformation on farming and use of glyphosate. @unbiased science podcast and @dr. Andrea love have some great articles on this subject detailing how our exposures to the pesticides are well within safe limits - farmers do not douse their fields. They are used when needed in prescribed amounts- and residues on our food are minuscule and not clinically significant. Just like there is small amounts of aluminum in vaccines that is handled by the body without harm, same for these exceedingly small pesticide residues on our food! And the IARC classification has been widely criticized by scientists- read some of the articles from the above mentioned sources and you can see how this chemical is vilified often unnecessarily.
Thank you Dr. Offit! And thank you for bringing light to the fact that RFK is wrong on other subjects (not just vaccines) - the glyphosate fears are largely overstated - there is a lot of science of this chemical that show with current use it is a safe and effective way to help ensure ample food production while minimizing harm! Thanks for all you do! You are SO appreciated!
There is no association between MMR and autism, no doubt, and I am inclined to think that is true for other vaccines. However, kids receive up to 72 shots in the US before age 18, and we do not have evidence for vaccines other than MMR. So, to make a general negative statement about "vaccines" and autism (or anything else) is misleading.
The fault here does not lie with RFK jr. The fault lies with our NIH, FDA and CDC lying to us for decades.
How many people, Including yourself, Dr Offit, knew that these agencies were aware that thousands of Covid vaccine injuries were taking place as early as January 2021?
How many people are aware that the NIH was flying injured out to Maryland to study them, promising the injured that they would help them and let the public know what was happening?
Instead, these agencies silenced and abandoned the injured.
It is because our government agencies have abandoned the vaccine injured for decades that we now have vaccine hesitancy.
If RFK Jr. can bring radical transparency and unbiased science to the table, we will all win.
“This is what our government has done to the people harmed by Covid Vaccines.” @BrianneDressen
“If the censorship hadn’t happened, there would still be people alive.”
👇🏻
https://x.com/annmforti/status/1848401025532674154?s=46&t=N6Yk0Teky5Qc1acSgwZgEw
Still hilarious
....Regarding additives to processed foods, where is the mention of SUGAR AND SALT. Sugar, in particular, is the major causative factor in 2 to the biggest childhood diseases, Obesity and Tooth Decay.
I think it’s also fascinating that this administration is 1) sending troops to the border 2) focusing on the communicable disease threat that migrants bring to the country and never once make the vaccine connection. They want to scare with the threat of communicable disease but not prevent and protect
Sometimes I envy my late brother, who died in 2022 and so did not have to live to see his country go to shit.
Kennedy and his cronies want us infected. That's the other reason they aren't speaking out about these outbreaks except that when they do it's to minimize and lie about them. Here's a link to a thread I did on Blue Sky regarding Brian hooker, PhD, the so-called Chief science officer of Kennedy's anti-vaccine organization Children's Health Defense. This was a February 18th 2025 interview. The lies and trivialization and misdirection by this person who has no medical or infectious disease training is staggering. https://bsky.app/profile/cphickie.bsky.social/post/3liwhcivhsk2w
Wow...there is STRONG evidence that the FDA and CDC are "captured" by the Big Pharma companies that they are supposed to regulate. The previous studies were strongly influenced by Big Pharma...and THIS was very obvious in the recent debacle with Alzheimer's drugs!
It sounds like Offit is now afraid of having new studies conducted by people without any conflicts of interest. Hmmm. This is not just a red flag...it is a maroon flag. Because Offit and other Big Pharma shills are afraid to have new studies conducted, we NEED to have these studies done right this time!...and without the obvious conflicts of interest.