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Book 2011

The panic virus

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Health behavior
  • Psychology
  • Vaccination
  • Mass media and culture
  • Mass Media
  • Psychological aspects
  • Panic
  • History

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.