RT Journal
T1 Autism’s false prophets: Bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2009
FD April 6
VO 163
IS 4
SP 396
OP 396
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.13
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.13
AB 
Wading into this stormy sea of controversy is Paul Offit, with his book Autism's False Prophets. Offit is the chief of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and no stranger to the world of vaccines, having been involved in the development of RotaTeq (Merck, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey), a rotavirus vaccine licensed by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006. In addition to his scientific efforts, he has led a charge nationally against the unseen powers that have raised unfounded suspicions against these valuable medicines. This fight has not been without personal cost. Offit has received death threats, been granted Federal Bureau of Investigation security detail, and even had threats made against his children.