Do Vaccines Cause That?!: A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns

by Martin G. Myers

Do Vaccines Cause Autism, Asthma, Diabetes?

Get straight, science-based answers to this and other questions about the safety of vaccines. In this book you will find the facts--no advocating hype or anti-vaccine propaganda.

You will discover how to:
* Balance the risks and benefits of immunizations for your child.
* Recognize red flags that should raise alarms about vaccine- related information you read in the media.
* Determine whether or not a vaccine is the cause of an adverse event or disease.
* Find up-to-date, complete, and scientifically valid information about vaccines so you can make informed decisions about immunizations.

This guide will help you sort through all the misinformation that makes it hard to decide what's best for your child's health.

"A detailed look at all the controversies swirling around vaccines. It should be required reading for parents who have vaccine concerns."
Ari Brown, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician and author of Baby 411

"An extremely clear, well-researched and detailed examination of vaccine safety issues that effectively rebuts anti-vaccine misinformation while acknowledging and explaining the rare adverse events that can result from childhood immunizations. I wish every new parent would read this book. I hope that every professional who talks to parents about vaccination will read it."
Arthur Allen, author, Vaccine: the Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver (WW Norton, 2007)

"This book is an amazing compendium on the state of scientific knowledge of the vaccine safety issues of concern to parents. WELL DONE!"
Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle

Genres: Science, Vaccines

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 16, 2008

Reviews

[Sara McDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading this book. Not only does it address some of the major rumors that circulate about vaccines, and how those issues have been handled scientifically, but it also gives some instruction on how to read and understand scientific research so that you're less likely to be taken in by such rumors. The authors have done a great job documenting and summarizing essential research done on each topic, including questions about whether vaccines cause autism, Guillain-Barre, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune dysfunction and others. Much of the information is also available at the website immunizationinfo.org

[Becca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really appreciate this book. It addresses so many of my concerns (and actually goes way beyond my concerns). It covers specific information on how vaccines work, how they're tested and licensed, what happens when there is a safety concern, how vaccination schedules and vaccine trials have been carried out in other countries, conflicts of interest between researchers, government and big pharma, etc. It also specifically goes into vaccines and autism, vaccines and autoimmune diseases, and many other disease/vaccine links/concerns. After reading this, I feel much more educated on the issues.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Non-biased scientific look at vaccines, their dangers and benefits.