The panic virusSeth Mnookin
The panic virus
by Seth Mnookin · first published 2011
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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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Thimerosal was removed from vaccines a long time ago. Also Andrew Wakefield has been throughly discredited, his paper retracted, and he has also had his medical license revoked. The Panic Virus is a great book about the autism/vaccine mess. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11625150-the-panic-virus
on “Measles Cases Triple in U.S., Vaccine Refusal Here and Elsewhere to Blame” ↗…interesting that the Bill Gates thing is the fact that Salon.com just retracted their 2005 RFK, Jr. article because it was apparently finally debunked in Seth Mnookin's new book: http://www.amazon.com/Panic-Virus-Story-Medicine-Science/dp/...
on “Bill Gates: Vaccine-autism link 'an absolute lie'” ↗