The Panic Virus : A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

The Panic Virus : A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

Seth Mnookin

Språken
FörlagSimon & Schuster
ISBN9781439165676

WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE? 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