Alternative medicine naysayer takes his criticism to a frightening level

We’ve been CHOPped

When our forefathers rang the Liberty Bell 237 years ago, I guarantee you this is not what they had in mind.

In fact, Philadelphia is becoming more the City of Oppression than the City of Brotherly Love. And the ringleader is a big player in the high-profit pharmaceutical world dressed in sheep’s clothing.

Call him PrOffit

I first told you about Paul Offit a few months ago. He’s the genius who said he “can’t believe” people would ever take a megavitamin. Well now he’s taken his attack on alternative medicine a step further.

The tragic part is he’s putting children at risk — in the name of the almighty buck.

Offit is chief of infectious disease at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Recently, he announced that CHOP (as it’s known), will no longer include dietary supplements on its list of allowed products for patients.

But here’s what’s really frightening…

When kids come to the hospital, parents will now be asked if their children are taking dietary supplements. If they are, staff members have been instructed to STRONGLY discourage supplement use. They’ll even offer a pamphlet to create doubts about supplements to further their vitamin witch-hunt.

And Offit announced it all in a video with a straight face (surrounded by dozens of books that say “Vaccines” on their spines, by the way) and pointing his finger like we’d better listen up — or else.

Seems shocking at first. Until you discover where Offit’s real paycheck comes from.

He occupies a $1.5 million dollar research chair at the hospital, funded by Merck — one of the true giants of Big Pharma.

But that’s not Offit’s only Merck connection. He also holds a patent on a childhood vaccine produced by Merck called RotaTeq. Now, he won’t say out loud how much he’s earned off this connection, but it’s said to be as much as $55 million!

Heard enough? Well, as they say in those late night sales pitches… “But wait — there’s more!”

One of Offit’s other titles at CHOP is Chair of the “Therapeutic Standards Committee.” That may sound innocent enough until you hear about the hospital’s new partner in “therapeutic innovation.” It’s no less than Pfizer.

Merck? Pfizer? Offit is obviously on Big Pharma’s Christmas card list. No wonder he’s leading the mission to put an end to supplement use.

So what’s next? Maybe Dr. Offit will decide that milk can’t be served in the hospital cafeteria since it’s fortified with vitamin D.

Or maybe an all-out war on orange juice since it contains, you know… vitamin C?

Sources:
“Hospital Says No More Dietary Supplements in Formulary” Paul A. Offit, M.D., Medscape, 10/22/13, medscape.com

“CHOP Says NO CHOCKS! Philadelphia Hospital Disallows Supplements” Eubie Quinoles, Age of Autism, 10/14/13, ageofautism.com

“CHOP Collaborates With Pfizer’s Centers For Therapeutic Innovation To Speed Pediatric Research & Development” Pfizer press release, 4/3/13, press.pfizer.com