Dr. Offit is a pediatrician; a professor of both pediatrics and vaccinology; director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology and is a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and has published hundreds of papers in medical and scientific journals.

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Video version here https://youtu.be/83vqu3_BbRw 00:00 Intro 00:24 Welcome and bio 02:02 Background for topics 05:35 RFK Jr.: conspiracy theorist 10:37 RFK Jr. "no vaccine has ever been beneficial" BS; and the real truth about vaccine successes 15:36 The potential fallout of having an anti-vaccination activist as head of HHS 18:11 Chronic disease vs. infectious disease 19:00 Dr. Oz for CMS? 20:36 Weldon for CDC? 22:57 Makary for FDA? 26:17 Instilling trust by admitting mistakes 27:26 Yet another RFK Jr. conspiracy theory 28:48 Bhattacharya for NIH? 31:16 COVID revisionism and lab leak BS 37:39 Politicizing science - contrarians over credibility 39:39 Nuanced messaging 40:46 Learning as you go, and the overall system at work 44:03 Ending on a positive note (for some…)