Seth Mnookin · 2011
An investigative history of the media coverage surrounding vaccines and the autism controversy.
Michael Hobbs recommends it as a very good book on the panic surrounding vaccines.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“So another very good book that I read for this is The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin. He talks about how this, just this documentary results in like another increase in the size of the organized anti-vax movement.”
Why: Highly praised as a very good book on the panic surrounding vaccines.
Michael Hobbs, Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
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