Vaccines

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and to further recognize and destroy any of the microorganisms associated with that agent that it may encounter in the future. Vaccines can be prophylactic (to prevent or ameliorate the effects of a future infec ...more

Vaccines Books

Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History

Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth

Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness

The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child

Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies: 400 Important Scientific Papers Summarized for Parents and Researchers

The Vaccine-Friendly Plan: Dr. Paul's Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health-from Pregnancy Through Your Child's Teen Years

The Moth in the Iron Lung: A Biography of Polio

Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

The Virus and the Vaccine: The True Story of a Cancer-Causing Monkey Virus, Contaminated Polio Vaccine, and the Millions of Americans Exposed

The Poisoned Needle: Suppressed Facts about Vaccination

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

The Unvaccinated Child: A Treatment Guide for Parents and Caregivers

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations

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

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Pandemic Pickup Lines by John Charles Hlinko

Essential COVID-19 Books for the Classroom

30 books — 4 voters

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Recreating the World by Michael Bopp and Judie Bopp

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46 books — 11 voters

Going Viral!

99 books — 14 voters

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The Promise of World Peace by Universal House of Justice

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27 books — 4 voters

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“ Smart people learn from the experiences of others. ”
― Steven Magee, Long COVID Supplements

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“ Do you find it unusual that the medical profession can develop a COVID-19 vaccine in just one year but do not understand Long COVID and how to treat it? ”
― Steven Magee

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