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Loading... Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Informationby Paul A. Offit
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have written about peopleās beliefs that vaccines cause autism in classes so I knew a lot of the background with the Wakefield study and why parents believe vaccines cause autism but it was interesting to get a doctors perspective on that matter and learn from someone who has been involved with vaccine creation. Some parts of this book did get a bit repetitive, especially at the end but it was still very interesting and I liked hearing about some of his stories fighting against vaccine denial and I liked hearing some more background on this conspiracy theory. ( ) I read a bit of this, and it was pretty poor. This guy seems to suffer from the Dawkins' problem: he has had to respond to so many imbecile remarks about something on which he is an expert that he thinks that anybody who disagrees with him about anything must be pretty dumb. Dawkins is a better writer, though. It is probably the best choice to avoid this author. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding, and naĆÆve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter the celebrities, the advocates, the lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. Amid this onslaught of spurious information, Americans are more confused than ever about what's good for them and what isn't. In Bad Advice, Paul A. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the do's and don'ts of battling misinformation. For the past twenty years, Offit has been on the front lines in the fight for sound science and public heath. Stepping into the media spotlight as few scientists have doneā??such as being one of the first to speak out against conspiracy theories linking vaccines to autismā??he found himself in the crosshairs of powerful groups intent on promoting pseudoscience. Bad Advice discusses science and its adversaries: not just the manias stoked by slick charlatans and their miracle cures but also corrosive, dangerous ideologies such as Holocaust and climate-change denial. Written with wit and passion, Offit's often humorous guide to taking on quack experts and self-appointed activists is a must-read for any American disturbed by the recent uptick in politicized attacks on No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)362.101Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people People with physical illnessesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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