The panic virus
Subtitle: a true story behind the vaccine-autism controversy
By: Seth Mnookin ; with a new afterword by the author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781439158654
Subjects: Vaccination; Mass media and culture; Health behavior; History; Psychological aspects
Description: 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.