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The panic virus: the true story behind the vaccine-autism controversy

By Seth , Mnookin

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN
9781439158647, 9781439165676, 0200578030, 1439158649, 9781439158654, 1439158657, 143916567X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3144475 bytes)
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed
Pages
xx, 439 pages ; 22 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
AttitudesHealth behavior;Health KnowledgePractice;Mass Media;Mass media and culture;Panic;V

Description

The spotted pimple of death -- Milkmaid envy and a fear of modernity -- The polio vaccine : from medical miracle to public health catastrophe -- Fluoride scares and swine flu scandals -- "Vaccine roulette" -- Autism's evolving identities -- Help! there are fibers growing out of my eyeballs! -- Enter Andrew Wakefield -- The Lancet paper -- Thimerosal and the mystery of Minamata's dancing cats -- The mercury moms -- The Simpsonwood Conference and the speed of light : a brief history of science -- The media and its messages -- Mark Geier, witness for hire -- The case of Michelle Cedillo -- Cognitive biases and availability cascades -- How to turn a lack of evidence into evidence of harm -- A conspiracy of dunces -- Autism speaks -- Katie Wright's accidental manifesto -- Jenny McCarthy's mommy instinct -- Medical NIMBYism and faith-based metaphysics -- Baby Brie -- Casualties of a war built on lies.

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