So glad you remain on the front lines of public health at this most dire time, Dr Offit. I worked for the late Senator Kennedy on health care, and he would have voted against his nephew without a flicker of doubt.
Exactly. I could not have said it better myself. If RFK Jr. did not profit from suing vaccine companies, I'm sure he wouldn't be opposed to them. A recent story in the NYT points out the unnecessary suffering by people listening to RFK Jr. https://bit.ly/3HTF24A
The only truth RFK Jr has ever spoken was when he told the senate he wasn't a doctor and people shouldn't listen to him.
It is truly shocking his lack of transparency, self-awareness, and logic in anything he does. America is being harmed more every day he is in his position
Senator Cassidy is calling for the ACIP meeting scheduled for tomorrow to be canceled--it's going to be a travesty and all recorded. He had his chance to avoid this debacle--Cassidy.
Cassidy was warned before the HELP committee hearings and Senate vote to confirm RFK. Now he is alarmed and calling for something he has no control over. Too little, too late.
“Mr. Kennedy, will you agree that you won’t take any compensation from any lawsuits against drug companies while you are Secretary and for four years afterwards?”
Do you think he could be plotting something using the Patriot act? It says in there "Penalties for anyone who cannot prove reasonably that they are using a biological agent, toxin or delivery system for these purposes are 10 years' imprisonment, a fine or both".
He did not win the case. It was "dismissed on a technicality". He asked for one paper proving that the measles virus exists, and the claimant proved the measles virus exists using SIX papers!
"That fv<king imbecile, Stefan Lanka, did not win the case. It was "dismissed on a technicality". He asked for one paper proving that the measles virus exists, and the claimant proved the measles virus exists using SIX papers!"
He offered a $100k reward for anyone documenting the existence and size of measles virions.
A claimant submitted evidence, and a District Court determined the evidence to be sound and that Lanka should pay $100k.
Lanka appealed, saying the small print of the legal contract stipulated the evidence had to come from a *single* scientific paper. The court upheld this appeal, since the evidence provided had come from more than one publication. Lanka put that down as a "win", but the evidence for measles virus remains scientifically sound and unchallenged.
Have you got a link to explain how these papers would be evidence? Why didn't any virologists try to win the prize? Why isn't there any proper explanation of why you think these papers are evidence? Doing a search just shows some fluff fact checker articles talking about side issues when really the entire network would be available to put together a descent explanation if that were possible. Fact is you don't even want anyone to know which papers were used. If you don't have evidence of a unicorn existing to begin with then you could show thousands of stories about unicorns and it wouldn't help. The patriot act says there are "Penalties for anyone who cannot prove reasonably that they are using a biological agent, toxin or delivery system" for ""prophylactic, protective, bona fide research, or other peaceful purposes.""
RFK Jr is disgusting, full stop. Let us not forget the Faustian deal that put this antivax nut in power. The quid pro quo was and is that Trump keeps the RFK votes of the base in exchange for offering Jr. a high level position. Well it worked, and the only people suffering are the entire population of the US. Neat huh?
Please never stop posting and speaking out. What you have to say is so important and gives us a shred of hope that the madness isn’t the only thing out there. Thank you.
Come on, Dr. Offit. Don't go so hard on Kennedy. I mean, his grift is small potatoes compared to that of his boss. It's monkey see, monkey do and we are now officially a banana republic where the monkeys get all the bananas they want, while the public has a hard time paying for the increasingly expensive fruit that is supposed to be MAHA!
In 2022, Kennedy and Aaron Siri (his ally in getting rich by suing through fake science) attempted to sue a Tennessee pediatrician for vaccinating a child who was later diagnosed with autism. They lost the case. The amount they sough was $75,000,000 dollars. If Kennedy and Siri got the typical 33% of that haul and split it equally, Kennedy would have grossed $12.3 million dollars. Now imagine Kennedy got that on the thousands of cases of parents they have conned to sign on for suing vaccine makers. Kennedy makes BILLIONS. That is a huge conflict of interest that should have disqualified Kennedy from ever even being considered for HHS Secretary, but Trump is 100% corruption and thus Kennedy was allowed. References to 2022 case: orginal ref (can only see 1st page): https://www.juryverdicts.net/TN7-22.pdf . Full document where you can see the case was for $75 million: https://share.evernote.com/note/356190a2-5507-2484-632e-9ae1819f1bf1 .
This is particularly timely, as it comes while I see an increasing number of people calling you out for making millions of dollars from your rotavirus vaccine patent. Never mind that the sum involved (around $5 million) represented the fruition of decades of work you had put in to this endeavour, and that RFKjr seems to make about the same amount in a single year from his antivax activities.
It must however bring great satisfaction to you that your efforts have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of children across the globe, whereas RFKjr’s have taken the lives of many hundreds.
I understand the patent was sold by CHOP for around $170m, and after fees this left $150m for CHOP. The inventors get 10% ($15m), and as Offit was regarded as one of them, he got $5m
No, Janine Pera, you are a child murdering antivax liar who wastes your time promoting antivax propaganda and lies and gaslighting your victims with antivax propaganda and lies into making false claims they have been injured by a vaccine.
There is a vaccine court that requires only that there is a plausible timeline and mechanism with no requirement that a causal link has been scientifically established between the adverse event and the vaccination.
If you can't get compensation through the vaccine court, you do not have a vaccine injury.
"You seem like a good person with good intentions, but you've been brainwashed by the scientific establishment. From the time you were in school, you were taught fabricated studies and false narratives. The entire system is designed to deceive, and you don't even realize it."
Of course, only someone fooled by a conspiracy theory could make such a ridiculous comment.
(A conspiracy theory is a made-up narrative without a shred of evidence to support it)
But the response from the scientist was as follows:
"I [think about] how science actually works. Not the sanitized version from textbooks, but the messy, contentious reality I witness every day. I think about the fierce debates at conferences, the brutal peer review process where researchers tear apart each other's work, the way entire research directions get abandoned when evidence points elsewhere. I recall watching established researchers have their long-held theories overturned by better data. The system isn't some harmonious choir singing the same tune, it's more like a room full of skeptics arguing over every detail".
Thank you for keeping this story alive. As mothers of autistic children, this is precisely what triggered us to excuse ourselves from the popular autism momfluencer pages and break off into our own group focused on science and facts. After watching Warren grill him during that hearing and subsequently reading the David Geier case files, it was absolutely surreal reading so many posts from uninformed parents legitimately hopeful for his autism study. Even more mind-boggling has been the silence and political censoring from pages like Finding Cooper’s Voice and Carrie Cariello when, yes, our kids are finally front and center. But for all the wrong reasons. Disappointed they're not using their platforms more wisely for fear of losing followers.
It seems to me that the obvious point from the beginning - and I would point out that in the world of clinical research, $50 million is quickly exhausted in consideration of such a complex entity as ASD - Sec. Kennedy appears to have long ago determined to find his "answer" in vaccines. He has clearly found a "champion" in David Geier, the least qualified and perhaps the least interested "investigator" imaginable to examine these astonishing emerging genetic studies that the Japanese & Italians are bringing to the table. Will they be even considered and be given the attention they deserve (e.g. what is/are their source; what, factually, are their influence in the etiology of this condition; and what may we contemplate as "interventional" actions as scientists, physicians, and parents in influencing change). I believe a coalition of sources cannot allow a railroading of a single "opinion" - particularly one that ignores the established and rapidly emerging science - to be ignored, to the detriment of this generation of children, and the next generation, to pay the price for a political decision.
So glad you remain on the front lines of public health at this most dire time, Dr Offit. I worked for the late Senator Kennedy on health care, and he would have voted against his nephew without a flicker of doubt.
as always, right on target
Exactly. I could not have said it better myself. If RFK Jr. did not profit from suing vaccine companies, I'm sure he wouldn't be opposed to them. A recent story in the NYT points out the unnecessary suffering by people listening to RFK Jr. https://bit.ly/3HTF24A
The only truth RFK Jr has ever spoken was when he told the senate he wasn't a doctor and people shouldn't listen to him.
It is truly shocking his lack of transparency, self-awareness, and logic in anything he does. America is being harmed more every day he is in his position
Senator Cassidy is calling for the ACIP meeting scheduled for tomorrow to be canceled--it's going to be a travesty and all recorded. He had his chance to avoid this debacle--Cassidy.
Cassidy was warned before the HELP committee hearings and Senate vote to confirm RFK. Now he is alarmed and calling for something he has no control over. Too little, too late.
Agree! I think it's just to go on the record.
If Kennedy fooled Cassidy, it is only because Cassidy wanted to be fooled - for the sake of his future political career.
“Mr. Kennedy, will you agree that you won’t take any compensation from any lawsuits against drug companies while you are Secretary and for four years afterwards?”
Kennedy: “I’m not going to agree to that.”
All that needs saying, really.
Bingo
Do you think he could be plotting something using the Patriot act? It says in there "Penalties for anyone who cannot prove reasonably that they are using a biological agent, toxin or delivery system for these purposes are 10 years' imprisonment, a fine or both".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act#cite_note-134
That German guy Stefan Lanka said he won the case in the high court and we would see the results. https://odysee.com/@firestarter:7/SLJS-05-Measles-German-High-Court-Stefan-Lanka:7
"Stefan Lanka"
OMFG! Not that fv<king imbecile again.
He did not win the case. It was "dismissed on a technicality". He asked for one paper proving that the measles virus exists, and the claimant proved the measles virus exists using SIX papers!
It doesn't sound like you have any proof that you are not trying to use this site as a "delivery system" for a weapon.
Hey, Lazy Bayonet, you missed. Try again.
Here is my claim again:
"That fv<king imbecile, Stefan Lanka, did not win the case. It was "dismissed on a technicality". He asked for one paper proving that the measles virus exists, and the claimant proved the measles virus exists using SIX papers!"
Feeling lucky are you Osama?
https://youtu.be/_CSPbzitPL8?feature=shared&t=454
Hey, Lazy Bayonet, you missed. AGAIN!
Stefan Lanka "won" his case in High Court thusly:
He offered a $100k reward for anyone documenting the existence and size of measles virions.
A claimant submitted evidence, and a District Court determined the evidence to be sound and that Lanka should pay $100k.
Lanka appealed, saying the small print of the legal contract stipulated the evidence had to come from a *single* scientific paper. The court upheld this appeal, since the evidence provided had come from more than one publication. Lanka put that down as a "win", but the evidence for measles virus remains scientifically sound and unchallenged.
Have you got a link to explain how these papers would be evidence? Why didn't any virologists try to win the prize? Why isn't there any proper explanation of why you think these papers are evidence? Doing a search just shows some fluff fact checker articles talking about side issues when really the entire network would be available to put together a descent explanation if that were possible. Fact is you don't even want anyone to know which papers were used. If you don't have evidence of a unicorn existing to begin with then you could show thousands of stories about unicorns and it wouldn't help. The patriot act says there are "Penalties for anyone who cannot prove reasonably that they are using a biological agent, toxin or delivery system" for ""prophylactic, protective, bona fide research, or other peaceful purposes.""
Aww, diddums.
Thanks again for being a constant voice of reason Dr Offit.
RFK Jr is disgusting, full stop. Let us not forget the Faustian deal that put this antivax nut in power. The quid pro quo was and is that Trump keeps the RFK votes of the base in exchange for offering Jr. a high level position. Well it worked, and the only people suffering are the entire population of the US. Neat huh?
Please never stop posting and speaking out. What you have to say is so important and gives us a shred of hope that the madness isn’t the only thing out there. Thank you.
Come on, Dr. Offit. Don't go so hard on Kennedy. I mean, his grift is small potatoes compared to that of his boss. It's monkey see, monkey do and we are now officially a banana republic where the monkeys get all the bananas they want, while the public has a hard time paying for the increasingly expensive fruit that is supposed to be MAHA!
https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/video/2025/05/how-trump-is-using-his-power-to-profit-and-why-no-one-will-stop-him
Kennedy is all grift.
In 2022, Kennedy and Aaron Siri (his ally in getting rich by suing through fake science) attempted to sue a Tennessee pediatrician for vaccinating a child who was later diagnosed with autism. They lost the case. The amount they sough was $75,000,000 dollars. If Kennedy and Siri got the typical 33% of that haul and split it equally, Kennedy would have grossed $12.3 million dollars. Now imagine Kennedy got that on the thousands of cases of parents they have conned to sign on for suing vaccine makers. Kennedy makes BILLIONS. That is a huge conflict of interest that should have disqualified Kennedy from ever even being considered for HHS Secretary, but Trump is 100% corruption and thus Kennedy was allowed. References to 2022 case: orginal ref (can only see 1st page): https://www.juryverdicts.net/TN7-22.pdf . Full document where you can see the case was for $75 million: https://share.evernote.com/note/356190a2-5507-2484-632e-9ae1819f1bf1 .
This is particularly timely, as it comes while I see an increasing number of people calling you out for making millions of dollars from your rotavirus vaccine patent. Never mind that the sum involved (around $5 million) represented the fruition of decades of work you had put in to this endeavour, and that RFKjr seems to make about the same amount in a single year from his antivax activities.
It must however bring great satisfaction to you that your efforts have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of children across the globe, whereas RFKjr’s have taken the lives of many hundreds.
He didn’t make millions personally. I’ll find out for you if you like
I understand the patent was sold by CHOP for around $170m, and after fees this left $150m for CHOP. The inventors get 10% ($15m), and as Offit was regarded as one of them, he got $5m
I’ve heard him explain it and that sounds about right.
Above all Bobby is a grifter. If there is a payoff he will grift.
RFK doesn’t need the money.
No, Janine Pera, you are a child murdering antivax liar who wastes your time promoting antivax propaganda and lies and gaslighting your victims with antivax propaganda and lies into making false claims they have been injured by a vaccine.
There is a vaccine court that requires only that there is a plausible timeline and mechanism with no requirement that a causal link has been scientifically established between the adverse event and the vaccination.
If you can't get compensation through the vaccine court, you do not have a vaccine injury.
Dubiously in most cases.
How this horror got confirmed, even with all the other confirmed incompetents, is a dangerous and deadly move.
This is how a scientist answered this comment:
"You seem like a good person with good intentions, but you've been brainwashed by the scientific establishment. From the time you were in school, you were taught fabricated studies and false narratives. The entire system is designed to deceive, and you don't even realize it."
Of course, only someone fooled by a conspiracy theory could make such a ridiculous comment.
(A conspiracy theory is a made-up narrative without a shred of evidence to support it)
But the response from the scientist was as follows:
"I [think about] how science actually works. Not the sanitized version from textbooks, but the messy, contentious reality I witness every day. I think about the fierce debates at conferences, the brutal peer review process where researchers tear apart each other's work, the way entire research directions get abandoned when evidence points elsewhere. I recall watching established researchers have their long-held theories overturned by better data. The system isn't some harmonious choir singing the same tune, it's more like a room full of skeptics arguing over every detail".
Thank you for keeping this story alive. As mothers of autistic children, this is precisely what triggered us to excuse ourselves from the popular autism momfluencer pages and break off into our own group focused on science and facts. After watching Warren grill him during that hearing and subsequently reading the David Geier case files, it was absolutely surreal reading so many posts from uninformed parents legitimately hopeful for his autism study. Even more mind-boggling has been the silence and political censoring from pages like Finding Cooper’s Voice and Carrie Cariello when, yes, our kids are finally front and center. But for all the wrong reasons. Disappointed they're not using their platforms more wisely for fear of losing followers.
It seems to me that the obvious point from the beginning - and I would point out that in the world of clinical research, $50 million is quickly exhausted in consideration of such a complex entity as ASD - Sec. Kennedy appears to have long ago determined to find his "answer" in vaccines. He has clearly found a "champion" in David Geier, the least qualified and perhaps the least interested "investigator" imaginable to examine these astonishing emerging genetic studies that the Japanese & Italians are bringing to the table. Will they be even considered and be given the attention they deserve (e.g. what is/are their source; what, factually, are their influence in the etiology of this condition; and what may we contemplate as "interventional" actions as scientists, physicians, and parents in influencing change). I believe a coalition of sources cannot allow a railroading of a single "opinion" - particularly one that ignores the established and rapidly emerging science - to be ignored, to the detriment of this generation of children, and the next generation, to pay the price for a political decision.