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Paul Offit
Beyond the Noise — vaccine-beat critic; co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine
Paul Offit is a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physician and co-inventor of the RotaTeq rotavirus vaccine. On his Substack and podcast, Beyond the Noise, he is the most direct critic on the vaccine beat, arguing against the Kennedy administration's vaccine decisions from trial data and surveillance numbers.
Coverage status — October 2026: Offit publishes Beyond the Noise on Substack alongside a podcast, covering vaccine policy — ACIP deliberations and FDA vaccine decisions — as the beat’s most direct critic of the current administration.
His stance is critical and unsparing. In February 2026 he wrote that the FDA’s rejection of Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine was “advancing his anti-vaccine agenda” (Feb. 17), and he covered the Gavi funding withdrawal (Feb. 10). His measles essay documents Kennedy, Makary, and Bhattacharya declining to recommend the measles vaccine through 2,200+ US cases in 2025.
His documentation style is data-first: he argues from trial data (for example, the 40,000-person J&J trial) and from the sensitivity of the VAERS/VSD surveillance systems rather than from anecdote.
The caveat this site discloses: Offit is a vaccine inventor with an industry history — the RotaTeq co-inventor criticizing vaccine-skeptical officials — which is a point MAHA audiences raise about him, and readers should weigh his arguments with that in view.
Why tracked here: he is the vaccine beat’s loudest credentialed opposition voice; every major ACIP or FDA vaccine decision this chronicle covers draws a documented response from him.
Sources (Oct 2026): Beyond the Noise (Substack), February 2026 posts and his measles essay.