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    <body><![CDATA[While this book is specifically about the story of the vaccine-autism scare of the 1990s and 2000s, it also does a good job of addressing the public's perception of science and medicine in general.  The book is laid out chronologically, talking about all the false leads autism treatments have had in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35421514">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say, even after working with autistic children this book opened my eyes. I have a couple of quotes from the book that really stand out. &quot;Fombonne reasoned that there wasn't an epidemic of autism; rather, broadening the definition of the disability to included mildly affected children,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45580575">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent read for anyone remotely interested in the autism/vaccine debate.  Informative account of the progression of the research and why the controversy still has momentum, even though there really is no debate at all.<br/><br/>Highly recommended!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very thorough analysis of the vaccines cause autism issue. Although those who believe vaccines cause autism would have us believe that the drug companies and the FDA are out to poison us all in the name of profit, Offit demonstrates that there is just as much money to be made by crooked litigation l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78422654">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56531490">
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    <body><![CDATA[Autism's False Prophets is an overview of the controversy surrounding the safety of vaccines and the contention that they cause autism. This controversy has caused a great deal of anxiety to parents of small children and has also engendered heated feelings on both sides. Offit is a doctor who helped...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56531490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I fully admit to being predisposed to agreeing with and liking this book before I picked it up.  Silly me, I'm partial to the scientific method as opposed to anecdotes as a more effective way to separate the fact from the fiction.  That being said, I found it to be a thorough, well-articulated expla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76746185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Damned statistics. For every study that shows there could be a link between vaccines and autism, there is one that appears to show no link. The truth (and cause of autism) is out there somewhere. I wish the two &quot;sides&quot; of the issue would just drop their differences and work on finding some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76538900">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a must read for anyone wanting to know more about autism, vaccinations, and science in general. Actually, I would give this book a 4.5 or even 5 had I not felt it bogged down for a couple chapters in the middle. <br/><br/>Overall, I thought it was fascinating and well written and well rese...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57117040">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The vaccine &quot;controversy&quot; is so frustrating. I have sympathy for parents struggling with autism, but the SCIENCE is overwhelming-vaccines do NOT cause autism.  The MMR data was completely fabricated and never duplicated by another study and thimerosol has not been in vaccines since 2001 an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46028753">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended during a discussion with our developmental pediatrician at work. It focuses mainly on the controversy surrounding thimerosal/vaccines causing/not causing autism. I've never truly believed that vaccines/thimerosal cause autism, and it was very interesting to read about the h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45159214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book plays an important role in making a clear statement about the bizarre politics and pseudoscience of the anti-vaccine movement. The writing is not brilliant, however, and the tone of the book occasionally verges on the hysterical. The author is at his best on the science of vaccines, which ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39900026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book yesterday. It's interesting so far. The thing about Wakefield is he only had a handful of patients, 8 he supposedly found a link to the MMR vaccine and autism. BUT, other folks have studied hundreds of folks, they've studied millions of cases and haven't found any link to autism ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68891046">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are at all interested in reading a book that overviews the history of the debate over the cause/etiology of autism, this is a great book. It's very academic but easy to read, and follows all the fads that have been employed under the guise of &quot;treatment&quot; to countless children and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55396788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It’s irksome to hear that Paul Offit isn’t qualified to write a book concerning the autism-vaccine controversy because a) it is not his area of expertise and/or b) he’s not a parent of a child with autism. The man is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and developer of a rotavirus vaccin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41431239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amazing, and well worth reading. For those who want the quick and dirty, here’s the last paragraph:<br/><br/>    The science is largely complete. Ten epidemiological studies have shown MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism; six have shown thimerosal doesn’t cause autism; three have s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34864836">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tells the story of the rise of the anti-vaccination movement in a clear and engaging fashion, and presents the scientific evidence in a way that is easy to understand.  In addition to presenting the science and explaining how scientists arrive at conclusions from epidemiological data, the book also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33430725">more...</a>]]></body>
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