{"id":31350,"date":"2011-02-14T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T13:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/dr-paul-offit-appears-on-the-colbert-report\/"},"modified":"2011-02-14T13:51:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T13:51:34","slug":"dr-paul-offit-appears-on-the-colbert-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/medicine\/dr-paul-offit-appears-on-the-colbert-report.php","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Paul Offit appears on The Colbert Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a touch of the lighter side, here’s Dr. Paul Offit appearing on The Colbert Report<\/a> to discuss his new book<\/a>:<\/p>

The Colbert Report<\/a><\/td>Mon – Thurs 11:30pm \/ 10:30c<\/td><\/tr>
Paul Offit<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
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Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>Political Humor & Satire Blog<\/a><\/td>Video Archive<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>

Looks like a win to me. I particularly like how Dr. Offit says that the question of whether vaccines cause autism has been “asked and, fortunately, answered.” Heh. That’s a shot across the bow to J.B. Handley<\/a>, who, as Steve Novella<\/a> has pointed out (as have I) is utterly clueless about science<\/a> and how to interpret the medical literature, as he has demonstrated time and time again with his “14 Studies<\/a>” nonsense. Of course, anyone who calls Handley out on his ignorance is subject to personal attack<\/a>. Reporters have felt it<\/a>. Steve Novella<\/a> has felt his wrath. So have I. Meanwhile Handley gloats over the decline in confidence<\/a> in vaccines that his organization Generation Rescue<\/a> has helped foster.<\/p>

Fortunately, Colbert appears to get it. I like how Colbert does a faux rejection of one of Dr. Offit’s points by pointing out that he is “ruled by fear.” I particularly like how he mentions Andrew Wakefield, but not by name (rather like Lord Voldemort), and how he asks Dr. Offit a bunch of questions based on talking points the anti-vaccine movement likes to use to frighten parents. No wonder the anti-vaccine collective at Age of Autism is going crazy, having posted (and reposted<\/a>) numerous attacks<\/a> old and new on Paul Offit ever since it was announced that he was going to be on The Colbert Report<\/em> last night, all topped off with one by J.B. Handley himself in which he calls Dr. Offit a “blowhard liar<\/a>.”<\/p>

Stay classy, J.B. Stay classy.<\/p>

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For a touch of the lighter side, here’s Dr. Paul Offit appearing on The Colbert Report to discuss his new book:The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm \/ 10:30cPaul Offithttp:\/\/www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo ArchiveLooks like a win … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicine"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}