The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy

by Seth Mnookin

Book Overview

WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE? In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause autism. The media seized hold of the story and, in the process, helped to launch one of the most devastating health scares ever. In the years to come Wakefield would be revealed as a profiteer in league with class-action lawyers, and he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439158657
• ISBN13: 9781439158654
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

There is no link between vaccination and autism...

...There's only long discredited pop science and people desperate to avoid having a child they must make efforts to understand. I spent my childhood unvaxxed and am autistic anyway. I wish I'd received the same protection and care children of vaccinators receive, rather than suffering avoidable illnesses for parental ignorance. Hopefully more people read this book.