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Author
Publisher
Feels Like Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Why are more parents choosing natural immunity for their children?When I first heard that people were purposefully not vaccinating their children, I was shocked. Vaccines have been described as the most incredible medical invention of all time--a miracle of science and technology that has saved the lives of untold millions. I couldn't believe that seemingly intelligent, educated parents were purposefully foregoing vaccines for their children, and...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"By weaving his experiences with information on the rise of anti-science sentiment, how it was funneled into a movement, and how it has become a tool of far-right political figures around the world, the author opens readers' eyes to the dangerous world it creates. Even as he paints a picture of the world under a shadow of aggressive ignorance, he demonstrates his innate optimism, offering suggestions for how science denial can be met by other active...
Author
Publisher
New Atlantean Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Can mandatory vaccines trigger developmental disorders and auto-immune diseases? Does the U.S. government secretly calculate how many people will be permanently disabled and killed from vaccines? Did AIDS originate in diseased monkey organs used to incubate polio vaccines? Are new viruses tested on unsuspecting vaccine recipients? How safe is your child from the near and long-term effects of these "miracle" shots?
Are vaccines really safe and effective?...
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Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context"-- Provided by publisher.
Practitioners have given vaccines to children and adults since Dr. Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796. Since...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2018], 2018
Language
English
Description
"In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poorest people, became troubled by the decades-long rise of the influential anti-vaccine community and their inescapable narrative around childhood vaccines and autism. The alleged link between the two was first espoused in a fraudulent scientific...
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A Shot in the Arm!, book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated...
Author
Series
My life beyond volume 5
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When dragons are causing sickness in villages around the world, a young warrior must go in search of the dragons' stones that hold key information to protect villagers. This magical tale creatively illustrates for young readers how vaccines offer critical protection for kids and their communities"--
Author
Series
Orca timeline volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series, with photographs and illustrations throughout, this book examines the history, science, ethics and social issues related to infectious diseases and vaccines." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years. They become key tools of public health and scientists are charged with developing them as quickly as possible to combat the emergence of new diseases like Zika, SARS, and Ebola. But why are growing numbers of parents all over the world now questioning the wisdom of having their children vaccinated? Why have public-sector vaccine producers been...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"Pandemics are large-scale epidemics that spread throughout the world. Virologists predict that the next pandemic could occur in the coming years, probably from some form of influenza, with potentially devastating consequences. Vaccinations, if available, and behavioral methods are vital for stemming the spread of infection. However, remarkably little attention has been devoted to the psychological factors that influence the spread of pandemic infection...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book provides the first comprehensive history of opposition to school vaccination in the United States from 1800 to the present. As vaccine-preventable diseases have increased in the 21st century, Americans have expressed a growing concern over opposition to school vaccination requirements. This book examines what triggered anti-vaccination activism in the past, and why it continues to this day"-- Provided by publisher.
"The first comprehensive...
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Series
Publisher
Amicus Learning
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"I'M NOT GETTING SHOTS! What would happen if you took it to the extreme and never got vaccines? This Spanish translation is a humorous, fact-based cautionary tale that shows the effects of not getting vaccinated against infectious diseases. Fun facts, tips for handling shots like a pro, a glossary, and further resources enhance learning in this illustrated narrative nonfiction title" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate...
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Language
English
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A powerful story of how our nation's leaders overcame the odds, saving the American people from the throes of a deadly pandemic. The prior record for vaccine development and distribution was approximately 4.5 years. Operation Warp Speed got the COVID-19 vaccine to the American people in less than 10 months. Operation Warp Speed did not happen by accident. It was the result of exceptional leadership, explicit strategy, and unprecedented teamwork. Author...
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English
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"In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue's co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what's causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it. While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the relationship between vaccines and autism, few realize...
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