Dr. Paul Offit COVID-19 Update

Dr. Paul Offit returns to discuss the COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, the relative risk of myocarditis following vaccination compared to the risk of myocarditis following a Covid-19 infection, and the glaring lack of evidence supporting the vaccine booster for most of us.

We also discuss Paul’s latest book: You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, The Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation.

About Our Guest

Paul Offit is an internationally recognized infectious diseases specialist and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, and is a member of the CDC vaccine advisory committee.

Paul is the author of more than 160 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and the author of seven medical narratives, Including: Pandora’s Lab, Bad Advice, Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far, and his latest book, You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, The Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation.