Paul Offit’s Conflicts, Lies, and Motivations Finally Revealed Through Investigative Journalism
By Editorial Staff
While the majority of the media world appears to side-step any issue that may alienate their most important advertiser -- big Pharma -- one media source has shown a consistent willingness to tackle the curious case of one of the most conflicted people to ever enter the debate about vaccines and autism, Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The Age of Autism blog, founded by former UPI investigative jounalist Dan Olmsted, has shown a willingness to cut to the heart of the matter when it comes to Dr. Offit. Congratulations, Age of Autism, for staying true to the high standards of investigative reporting. Below you will find a sample of the many stories they have published exposing the truth about Dr. Paul Offit.
December 9, 2009: Counting Offit’s Millions: More on How Merck’s Rotateq Vaccine Made Paul Offit Wealthy
By Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill
Paul Offit, vaccine entrepreneur and public health spokesperson, has earned approximately $10 million in income from Rotateq® royalties through 2009 and stands to earn a total of between $13-35 million over the life of his rotavirus vaccine patents, according to a new analysis by Age of Autism...Read More
October 26, 2009: Dr. Paul Offit, The Autism Expert. Doesn't See Patients with Autism?
By J.B. Handley
Paul Offit wrote a book, Autism’s False Prophets, with the overt goal of repudiating the biomedical treatment movement for autism. Of course, the real goal of the book, and how it’s being used today, is to convince parents to keep on vaccinating. As an inventor of the Rotateq (HERE) vaccine, a man who voted his own vaccine (HERE) onto the childhood schedule, and a multi-millionaire after his vaccine was sold to Merck, Offit has plenty of time on his hands to protect his legacy and the legacy of his peers...Read More
September 3, 2009: Rotavirus: The Vaccine Nobody Wants
By J.B. Handley
You just can’t talk about the Rotavirus vaccine without also talking about Paul Offit, the vaccine industry’s most well-paid spokesperson. The man who made tens of millions of dollars from a Rotavirus vaccine patent and who believes a baby could tolerate 100,000 vaccines simultaneously. The man who the media cannot get enough of (or is he simply the last doctor willing to publicly defend vaccines?) when it comes to discussing vaccine "safety". The man who wrote a book, Autism’s False Profits, that is filled with lies, misstatements, and false reassurances for unwitting parents...
Earlier this year, Generation Rescue looked at the vaccine schedules of 29 other first world countries. We found that compared to the 36 doses the CDC recommends for our kids, the average for the rest of the first world is 18, or half the total vaccine doses we give. And, many first world countries give as few as 11, 12 or 13 doses (Sweden, Finland, and Italy, respectively)...Read More
February 16, 2009: Voting Himself Rich: CDC Vaccine Adviser Made $29 Million Or More After Using Role to Create Market
By Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill
Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) took home a fortune of at least $29 million as part of a $182 million sale by CHOP of its worldwide royalty interest in the Merck Rotateq vaccine to Royalty Pharma in April of last year, according to an investigation by Age of Autism. Based on an analysis of current CHOP administrative policies, the amount of income distributed to Offit could be as high as $46 million.
There is nothing improper about receiving compensation for a patented innovation; but the extraordinary valuation placed on CHOP’s patents raises concerns over Offit’s use of his former position on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to help create the market for rotavirus vaccine -- to effectively vote himself rich...Read More
Well done, Age of Autism, we salute your honesty, integrity, and hard work!