Friday, January 7th, 2011

Paul Offit and 'Deadly Choices'

A vial of influenza vaccine. Jim Gathany/CDC

Infectious disease researcher Paul Offit discusses vaccine research and the anti-vaccine movement, the topic of his new book, "Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All." Offit has been at the center of a storm of debate from anti-vaccination activists for his outspoken defense of vaccines, and his constant refutation of claims from activists of a link between childhood vaccines and autism.

Guests

Paul A. Offit
Author: "Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All" (Basic Books, 2010)
Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Vaccine Education Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

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Segment produced by:Annette Heist

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