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Summary: Misleading Title
Review: The sole purpose of this book is to convince parents to vaccinate their babies when and how the medical establishment/drug industry wants them to.My baby girl's pediatrician loaned me this book stating that "it presents both sides of the issues." She mistakenly left inside a form letter from the MERCK VACCINE DIVISION saying that they highly recommend the book for parents to "dispel all of the misinformation" out there. In my opinion, everyone should proceed with caution when a multi-billion dollar conglomerate gives their stamp of approval on a book. Don't bother using this book as a reference. It doesn't even tell you about the ingredients (like mercury, formaldehyde and aluminum) contained in vaccines. It truly insulted my intelligence by being so one-sided. There are other books I've read (i.e. The Vaccine Guide, by Randall Neustaedter, OMD) that give both sides of the story.
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Summary: Conventional Medical Propaganda
Review: This book does NOT provide an honest assessment of vaccine safety, and may cause harm to families seeking unbiased information. Many valid scientific studies showing the ineffective and harmful side of shots are not included. This book was written by a pediatrician, and should be renamed "What Every Pediatrician Wants Parents to Know About Vaccines." Dr. Viera Scheibner wrote an excellent book on vaccines, and it includes vaccine studies from all over the planet. The Neil Z. Miller books are very good, and Jaime Murphy wrote a good book for parents as well.
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Summary: Totally worthless
Review: While the credentials of the authors are good, do not be misled. This is not the objective scientific book I was hoping for. It is no better than the worst of the reactionary anti-vaccine books. It makes statements about the absence of side-effects which are clearly untrue. After reading many scientific papers and the excellent IMMUNIZATION by Kassianos, I opted to get Hib and DPT. However, my biggest misgivings were not from the vaccine opponents but by the blatent falsehoods in WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW (e.g., Hib vaccines have no serious side-effects-- p61-- BALONEY-- seizures are possible -- Kassianos p. 80). The book is riddled with errors that exaggerate vaccine safety.I think my choice to get Hib and DPT was probably good, but this political piece masquerading as an objective book did nothing to help me in my decision. The medical literature is clear that the long-term side-effects of vaccines, if any, are unknown. The authors pretend this is not true, presumably to "protect" us. Why would I be reading up on this if I wanted to be protected from information? This book is a waste of paper.
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