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Deadly Choices
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
Taschenbuch von Paul A Offit
Sprache: Englisch

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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 [...] Deadly 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.
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 [...] Deadly 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.
Über den Autor
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.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780465057962
ISBN-10: 0465057969
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Offit, Paul A
Hersteller: Basic Books
Maße: 211 x 139 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Paul A Offit
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.03.2015
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 105181918
Über den Autor
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780465057962
ISBN-10: 0465057969
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Offit, Paul A
Hersteller: Basic Books
Maße: 211 x 139 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Paul A Offit
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.03.2015
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 105181918
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