Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
Autor Paul A. Offiten Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2015 – vârsta de la 13 ani
In
2014,
California
suffered
the
largest
and
deadliest
outbreak
of
pertussis,
also
known
as
“whooping
cough,”
in
more
than
fifty
years.
This
tragedy
was
avoidable.
An
effective
vaccine
has
been
available
since
the
1940s.
In
recent
years
other
diseases,
like
measles
and
mumps,
have
also
made
a
comeback.
The
reason
for
these
epidemics
can
be
traced
to
a
group
whose
vocal
proponents
insist,
despite
evidence
to
the
contrary,
that
vaccines
are
poison.
As
a
consequence,
parents
and
caretakers
are
rejecting
vaccines
for
themselves
and
their
families.
InDeadly Choices, infectious-disease expert Paul Offit takes a look behind the curtain of the anti-vaccine movement. What he finds is a reminder of the power of scientific knowledge, and the harm we risk if we ignore it.
InDeadly Choices, infectious-disease expert Paul Offit takes a look behind the curtain of the anti-vaccine movement. What he finds is a reminder of the power of scientific knowledge, and the harm we risk if we ignore it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465057962
ISBN-10: 0465057969
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 138 x 208 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465057969
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 138 x 208 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Paul
A.
Offit,
MD,
is
the
chief
of
the
Division
of
Infectious
Diseases
and
the
director
of
the
Vaccine
Education
Center
at
the
Children's
Hospital
of
Philadelphia.
A
professor
of
vaccinology
and
pediatrics
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
School
of
Medicine
and
the
author
of
several
books,
he
lives
in
Bala
Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania.
Recenzii
Booklist(starred
review)
“Infectious disease expert Offit, long an outspoken and prolific champion of universal immunization via vaccines, ratchets up the urgency of his crusade by taking on the loudest and highest-profile spokespersons for the anti-vaccine movement.... Armed with his own arsenal of anecdotal horror stories that focus on worst case histories of the unvaccinated, mostly children, in addition to pages of scientific study citations supporting his premise, Offit pulls no punches. His tone is edgier than usual this time, his arguments more virulent. It is clear that he wants his message and the facts, not rumors or infectious diseases, to go viral.”
Science News
“In a meticulously researched tour de force, Offit exposes the lack of science underlying the claims of the anti-vaccine movement.... In 2009 and 2010, U.S. courts ruled against claims linking autism with vaccines. Still, many vaccine opponents aren't persuaded, and they have talk show access and Hollywood friends. To level the playing field, every doctor's office should have a copy of Offit's book, giving parents the other side of the story.”
Financial Times
“Offit…is a rare combination of scientist, doctor, communicator and advocate. InDeadly Choices, he powerfully lays out the history of vaccinations and their net benefit to society today.”
Steven Novella, Assistant Professor and Director of General Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine
“Dr. Offit brings to life in careful and compelling detail the story of misguided and dangerous activists using bad science to attack one of the most effective public health interventions ever devised. It is a must-read cautionary tale of the abuse of celebrity, the media, misinformation and fear.”
Chris Mooney, author ofUnscientific America
“Paul Offit is that rarity: An eloquent, outspoken scientist with a gift for writing narrative. I cannot imagine a better counter to the scientifically challenged — and just plain dangerous — anti-vaccination movement. We're fortunate to have him.”
Kirkus(starred review)
“Offit takes aim at the anti-vaccine movement in America and scores a bull's-eye.... A much-needed book with solid evidence — deserves all the publicity it can get.”
Michael Specter, Staff Writer,The New Yorker; author ofDenialism
“WithDeadly Choices, Paul Offit has once again brought clarity and reason to a subject that desperately needs them both. If you care about the health of your children — or the health of anybody's children — you need to read this book as soon as you can.”
Robert M. Goldberg, Ph.D., Vice President, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and author ofTabloid Medicine: How the Internet is Being Used to Hijack Medical Science for Fear and Profit
“This is a courageous book by a courageous researcher and physician. Paul Offit's new book tells the truth about the anti-vaccine movement, its unquestioning followers in the media and about the deadly consequences of their campaign of fear.Deadly Choicesdemonstrates that the enemies of immunizations are successful because too many of us have remained silent in the face of their falsehoods and intimidation. Dr. Offit shows that by standing up for science we can win the war against those who would leave our children defenseless against infectious disease.”
“Infectious disease expert Offit, long an outspoken and prolific champion of universal immunization via vaccines, ratchets up the urgency of his crusade by taking on the loudest and highest-profile spokespersons for the anti-vaccine movement.... Armed with his own arsenal of anecdotal horror stories that focus on worst case histories of the unvaccinated, mostly children, in addition to pages of scientific study citations supporting his premise, Offit pulls no punches. His tone is edgier than usual this time, his arguments more virulent. It is clear that he wants his message and the facts, not rumors or infectious diseases, to go viral.”
Science News
“In a meticulously researched tour de force, Offit exposes the lack of science underlying the claims of the anti-vaccine movement.... In 2009 and 2010, U.S. courts ruled against claims linking autism with vaccines. Still, many vaccine opponents aren't persuaded, and they have talk show access and Hollywood friends. To level the playing field, every doctor's office should have a copy of Offit's book, giving parents the other side of the story.”
Financial Times
“Offit…is a rare combination of scientist, doctor, communicator and advocate. InDeadly Choices, he powerfully lays out the history of vaccinations and their net benefit to society today.”
Perri
Klass,
Professor
of
Journalism
and
Pediatrics,
New
York
University;
author
ofTreatment
Kind
and
Fair
“Deadly Choicescarries a very important message for parents, journalists, physicians, and everyone who cares about children and health. It is a passionate, but also compassionate, call for civil discourse and rational conversation on a subject which matters so much to each of us individually and to us all as a society. It is a fascinating account of society and science, politics, publicity, and public health.”
David Oshinsky, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin; author of the Pulitzer Prize-winningPolio: An American Story
“A medical crisis has come to America. Diseases of our grandparents' generation are making a deadly comeback as more and more parents choose not to vaccinate their children. How did this happen? Who is responsible? And what can be done to reverse this unconscionable assault upon our nation's public health? For the answers, provided in clear, common sense, page-turning fashion, I recommendDeadly Choicesby Dr. Paul Offit — a timely and courageous call to arms by the nation's foremost expert on pediatric infectious disease.”
“Deadly Choicescarries a very important message for parents, journalists, physicians, and everyone who cares about children and health. It is a passionate, but also compassionate, call for civil discourse and rational conversation on a subject which matters so much to each of us individually and to us all as a society. It is a fascinating account of society and science, politics, publicity, and public health.”
David Oshinsky, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin; author of the Pulitzer Prize-winningPolio: An American Story
“A medical crisis has come to America. Diseases of our grandparents' generation are making a deadly comeback as more and more parents choose not to vaccinate their children. How did this happen? Who is responsible? And what can be done to reverse this unconscionable assault upon our nation's public health? For the answers, provided in clear, common sense, page-turning fashion, I recommendDeadly Choicesby Dr. Paul Offit — a timely and courageous call to arms by the nation's foremost expert on pediatric infectious disease.”
Steven Novella, Assistant Professor and Director of General Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine
“Dr. Offit brings to life in careful and compelling detail the story of misguided and dangerous activists using bad science to attack one of the most effective public health interventions ever devised. It is a must-read cautionary tale of the abuse of celebrity, the media, misinformation and fear.”
Chris Mooney, author ofUnscientific America
“Paul Offit is that rarity: An eloquent, outspoken scientist with a gift for writing narrative. I cannot imagine a better counter to the scientifically challenged — and just plain dangerous — anti-vaccination movement. We're fortunate to have him.”
Kirkus(starred review)
“Offit takes aim at the anti-vaccine movement in America and scores a bull's-eye.... A much-needed book with solid evidence — deserves all the publicity it can get.”
Michael Specter, Staff Writer,The New Yorker; author ofDenialism
“WithDeadly Choices, Paul Offit has once again brought clarity and reason to a subject that desperately needs them both. If you care about the health of your children — or the health of anybody's children — you need to read this book as soon as you can.”
Robert M. Goldberg, Ph.D., Vice President, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and author ofTabloid Medicine: How the Internet is Being Used to Hijack Medical Science for Fear and Profit
“This is a courageous book by a courageous researcher and physician. Paul Offit's new book tells the truth about the anti-vaccine movement, its unquestioning followers in the media and about the deadly consequences of their campaign of fear.Deadly Choicesdemonstrates that the enemies of immunizations are successful because too many of us have remained silent in the face of their falsehoods and intimidation. Dr. Offit shows that by standing up for science we can win the war against those who would leave our children defenseless against infectious disease.”