The Panic Virus
A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Ratings6
Average rating4.3
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A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Ratings6
Average rating4.3
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them.
In this searching exposé, the recent hysteria over childhood vaccinations and their alleged link to autism becomes a cautionary tale of bad science amplified by media sensationalism.
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The better the vaccine, the more abstract the disease it targets becomes.
In retrospect, it's gotten worse.
SOAP BOX ALERT !! While reading this book I'd get so angry I couldn't sleep and I'd have to put it down for a while. It was so hard to hear about how desperate people are to make sense of things and in the process they grasp at anything to explain their struggles. I would get so angry at the profit that some individuals make from half-baked science and take advantage of the desperate. I'm so glad I read this book and I wish I could get everyone to read it and make choice based on understanding rather than fear.
