The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439158649
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.8"

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.