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A riveting medical detective story that explores the limits of rational thought In 1998, Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause autism. The media seized hold of the story and, in the process, helped to launch one of the most devastating health scares ever. In the years to come Wakefield would be revealed as a profiteer in league with class-action lawyers, and he would eventually lose his medical license. Meanwhile, one study after another failed to find any link between childhood vaccines and autism. Yet the myth that vaccines somehow cause developmental disorders lives on. Despite the lack of corroborating evidence, it has been popularized by media personalities such as Oprah Winfrey and Jenny McCarthy and legitimized by journalists who claim that they are just being fair to both sides of an issue about which there is little debate. Meanwhile, millions of dollars have been diverted from potential breakthroughs in autism research; families have spent their savings on ineffective miracle cures"; and declining vaccination rates have led to outbreaks of

Who reads The Panic Virus : a True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear?

Author

Mnookin, Seth

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439165676

Category

social science

Subjects

Medical, Medicine

Rating

4.04 / 5 (3,908 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14