New book by two Dopers - the truth about vaccines

[LavenderBlue]

Originally Posted by lorene

Whoa. Now there's an anti-vax kids' book.

Efforts are being made to chase after her. I'm against censorship. I'm not in favor of giving every nut a platform.

Here's a petition urging publishers not to go near it. It's self published so that should be a nearly automatic indication that the book does not deserve access to readers.

[LavenderBlue]

A very large vendor has removed the book for sale in Australia:

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/hea...-1226551911539

AUSTRALIA'S largest online bookstore will no longer sell a book that promotes the "marvellous" benefits of measles.

I think we can call this a victory for sanity and common sense.

[EmilyG]

One of my facebook friends keeps posting anti-vax garbage. Arrgh.

I've been busy, but I still intend to request that book for the local library. (LavenderBlue's book!)

[Mr. Miskatonic]

Originally Posted by LavenderBlue

Efforts are being made to chase after her. I'm against censorship. I'm not in favor of giving every nut a platform.

Here's a petition urging publishers not to go near it. It's self published so that should be a nearly automatic indication that the book does not deserve access to readers.

The reviews on amazon.uk are a riot - even the 5 star ones. There's only one supporting one that I can see and that's an appeal to pity for the author whose kid died and she blames MMR vaccine

[Jackmannii]

Originally Posted by Mr. Miskatonic

The reviews on amazon.uk are a riot - even the 5 star ones. There's only one supporting one that I can see and that's an appeal to pity for the author whose kid died and she blames MMR vaccine

At least Messenger is getting publicity. A previous antivax book she co-authored with Meryl Dorey has a grand total of one (one-star) review (act now, only two copies left on Amazon at $192 apiece).

[LavenderBlue]

Wherein I recently pwned an anti-vax idiot on a podcast.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

I'm a little late with this, but apparently there was a small error in LB's book, and the anti-vax crowd went utterly apeshit

[lorene]

Originally Posted by Mr. Miskatonic

I'm a little late with this, but apparently there was a small error in LB's book, and the anti-vax crowd went utterly apeshit

Wow. Some people have way, way, WAY too much time on their hands.

What a wackjob that lady is with the two Facebook pages about this book.

[LavenderBlue]

I swear my next writing project is going to the most frivolous historical fiction imaginable. It gets a litle tiring constantly being called a baby-killing-Nazi-pharmashill. Bring on the parasols and the princesses! The tiaras and the teacups.

[lorene]

Originally Posted by LavenderBlue

I swear my next writing project is going to the most frivolous historical fiction imaginable. It gets a litle tiring constantly being called a baby-killing-Nazi-pharmashill. Bring on the parasols and the princesses! The tiaras and the teacups.

Oh, go ahead and set feminism back all those years, why don't you...

[LavenderBlue]

Originally Posted by lorene

Oh, go ahead and set feminism back all those years, why don't you...

But they'll be princesses who vaccinate so it will be okay.



Thomas Jefferson was so delighted with the smallpox vaccine he actually learned how to administer it.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

Yeah, sorry LavenderBlue, but I really hope you knew that the anti-vax crowd were some of the most viscous, nasty, and near-psychotic woo crowd out there. Otherwise this kind of reaction would have been quite a shocker.

Seriously: what is wrong with these people?

[LavenderBlue]

Originally Posted by Mr. Miskatonic

Yeah, sorry LavenderBlue, but I really hope you knew that the anti-vax crowd were some of the most viscous, nasty, and near-psychotic woo crowd out there. Otherwise this kind of reaction would have been quite a shocker.

Seriously: what is wrong with these people?

Oh we knew they were crazy going in. We even goaded them by asking for a foreword by Dr. Offit and a review by Orac himself. But this was an itch I had to scratch. I almost had no choice about it. I'm just about done scratching at this point, though.

[Jackmannii]

Originally Posted by Mr. Miskatonic

some of the most viscous, nasty, and near-psychotic woo crowd out there.

True, they can be quite snotty...

[LavenderBlue]

I will be making a keynote address to the Essex Metro Immunization Coalition in East Orange, New Jersey, on March 20! The presentation will be at New Hope Baptist Church of East Orange, 144 Norman Street, East Orange, from 1 - 3 p.m.

Please feel free to join me.