I will say this, Shady: we should not quote anyone but epidemiologists at this point.
Surgeons, neurologists, or "Scott W. Atlas, MD, is the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center from 1998 until 2012." do not have expertise in this highly specialized field.
Also - I would never share all discussions with a general audience. The 'public' for this kind of information can be assumed to have only basic understanding.