Dr. Paul Offit: RFK Jr. ‘Will Put Children in Harm’s Way’ by Trying Destroy Vaccine Programs

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OFFIT: “My axe to grind is that I see myself as an advocate for children. I was in a polio ward at age five. I remember that disease. I remember iron lungs. I remember children in traction, screaming in pain when they would get these hot pack treatments. It was a Dickens novel-like experience. It was one visiting hour a week. It was awful. And so I saw children as vulnerable and helpless and alone. And I guess the statement is the scars of your childhood invariably become the passions of your adulthood. So the passion of my adulthood is standing up for children. And I see RFK Jr. as someone who does exactly the opposite. I think he will put children in harm's way unnecessarily by doing everything he can to destroy vaccine programs in this country.”