A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination
measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in
children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared
that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was
responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they
reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the
disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies
arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor
injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort
to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead.
Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets,
subjected to high-temperature saunas, bathed in magnetic clay,
asked to swallow digestive enzymes and activated charcoal, and
injected with various combinations of vitamins, minerals, and
acids. Instead of helping, these therapies can hurt those who are
most vulnerable, and particularly in the case of autism, they
undermine childhood vaccination programs that have saved millions
of lives. An overwhelming body of scientific evidence clearly shows
that childhood vaccines are safe and does not cause autism. Yet
widespread fear of vaccines on the part of parents persists.
In this book, Paul A. Offit, a national expert on vaccines,
challenges the modern-day false prophets who have so egregiously
misled the public and exposes the opportunism of the lawyers,
journalists, celebrities, and politicians who support them. Offit
recounts the history of autism research and the exploitation of
this tragic condition by advocates and zealots. He considers the
manipulation of science in the popular media and the courtroom, and
he explores why society is susceptible to the bad science and risky
therapies put forward by many antivaccination activists.
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