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Brian Deer provides a hearty summary of nearly 20 years' work uncovering the fraud at the heart of the 'vaccines cause autism' controversy. While not fast paced and not always an easy read, this work is necessary and highly informative. This book is so well structured that even though he peels back layers to reveal yet more layers, Deer never lets you get lost. Deer also never loses focus in reminding us that this work has had very real impacts on people, and he time and again comes back to the families who've borne the brunt of Wakefield's deception. </spoilers>
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Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Violence, Medical trauma
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An important part of the vaccine debate, this book lays out clearly the evidence and timeline behind Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent paper that sparked the anti-vax movement.
I grew up in fundamentalist evangelical circles and anti-vax sentiments were on the rise when I was a child. Reading this book helped me understand why people got caught up in the whole thing. The role of the media in spreading and exposing is an interesting (and upsetting) duality.
Four stars since some of the early book is a little bit confusing in terms of the timeline and some of the science is a little dense, but in general, a fascinating and upsetting and important book.
I grew up in fundamentalist evangelical circles and anti-vax sentiments were on the rise when I was a child. Reading this book helped me understand why people got caught up in the whole thing. The role of the media in spreading and exposing is an interesting (and upsetting) duality.
Four stars since some of the early book is a little bit confusing in terms of the timeline and some of the science is a little dense, but in general, a fascinating and upsetting and important book.
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From an author who was deeply involved in uncovering Andrew Wakefield’s fraud. This will make you angry. It should make you angry.
This is a really great in depth look at the motivations for and ramifications of the infamously long-debunked paper that popularized the narrative that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Similar to Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, the story unfolds like a hideously watchable trainwreck.
My only complaint-- and maybe I just wanted a slightly different book than what Brian Deer could produce-- was that I would have preferred a closer look at the way this scandal and its fallout has affected autistic people.
My only complaint-- and maybe I just wanted a slightly different book than what Brian Deer could produce-- was that I would have preferred a closer look at the way this scandal and its fallout has affected autistic people.
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