# New book by two Dopers - the truth about vaccines **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631 "2012-08-16T00:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/161 "2013-01-25T15:07:46Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/162 "2013-01-29T02:48:50Z")
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:](http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/12/01/the-anti-vaccine-movement-shows-just-how/) what is wrong with these people? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/163 "2013-01-29T04:37:26Z")
> [@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:](http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/12/01/the-anti-vaccine-movement-shows-just-how/) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/164 "2013-01-29T14:39:33Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > some of the most **viscous** , nasty, and near-psychotic woo crowd out there. True, they can be quite snotty… ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/165 "2013-03-04T03:47:31Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/166 "2013-06-27T20:36:54Z")
Bumping this up to say that _Your Baby’s Best Shot: Why Vaccines are Safe and Save Lives_ is a finalist in the Book of the Year Awards from Foreward Reviews. We’ve been [nominated](https://botya.forewordreviews.com/books/your-babys-best-shot/) in the Health (Adult Nonfiction) category. Yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/167 "2013-06-27T21:57:58Z")
Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/168 "2013-06-27T22:27:56Z")
Yay! can we vote? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/169 "2013-06-27T23:09:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yay! can we vote? Don’t we wish? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/170 "2013-06-28T00:35:52Z")
The winners will be announced tomorrow at the American Library Association’s annual conference: > [@](#): > > [https://botya.forewordreviews.com/finalists/2012/press-release/](https://botya.forewordreviews.com/finalists/2012/press-release/) > > Over the next two months, a panel of sixty judges, librarians and booksellers only, will determine the winners. Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards, as well as Editor’s Choice Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction, will be announced at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, Friday, June 28th, 6pm at The Pop Top Stage. The winners of the two Editor’s Choice Prizes will be awarded $1,500 each. ForeWord’s Independent Publisher of the Year will also be announced. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/171 "2013-06-28T00:39:24Z")
I’d vote for you if I could! I still need to get myself a copy of the book. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/172 "2013-06-28T00:56:12Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Bumping this up to say that _Your Baby’s Best Shot: Why Vaccines are Safe and Save Lives_ is a finalist in the Book of the Year Awards from Foreward Reviews. We’ve been [nominated](https://botya.forewordreviews.com/books/your-babys-best-shot/) in the Health (Adult Nonfiction) category. > > Yes!!! congratulations!!! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/173 "2013-06-30T00:22:38Z")
On behalf of my 2 year old son, who will be starting preschool in a few months (and so be in daily contact with kids), thank you. Who knows? You may have saved his life. It’s a statistical probability your book is saving SOMEBODY’S life right now. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/174 "2013-07-01T02:53:31Z")
The envelope please… ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/175 "2013-07-03T17:20:09Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The envelope please… We didn’t win anything. The next book will, damn it! We hope to have a proposal in front of a publisher by year’s end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/176 "2013-07-05T18:52:48Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > We didn’t win anything. The next book will, damn it! We hope to have a proposal in front of a publisher by year’s end. > > 🙂 That’s okay. We like you. [We really like you!](http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=8522087) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/177 "2013-07-07T01:07:18Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > That’s okay. We like you. [We really like you!](http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=8522087) > > 🙂 Thank you. You are so sweet. The book drives me crazy. I can’t even really read it again because all I can think is how I would have reworded dozens and dozens of sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/178 "2013-07-09T00:29:14Z")
Not even a hint of what the next book will be about? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/179 "2013-07-09T18:25:37Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Thank you. You are so sweet. > > The book drives me crazy. I can’t even really read it again because all I can think is how I would have reworded dozens and dozens of sentences. That probably means you are a good writer. I’m proud of the work you do. And you took a lot of heat for it. Major props. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631/180 "2013-07-09T19:25:04Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Whoa. Now there’s [an anti-vax kids’ book](http://www.salon.com/2013/01/07/anti_vaccine_book_tells_kids_to_embrace_measles/). ☹ If I could draw worth a damn I’d publish an [update of this book](http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0916392066) using info about [Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk) instead of Pasteur and the rabies vaccine. The story could use some updating to reflect it’s not like injecting soldiers into your body(as it would be with antiviral treatments or antibiotics) but it’s about training your body’s soldiers how to fight so they’ll be ready when they’re attacked. The mechanisms of the immune system are pretty cool, and kids could do well to have a good picture book which accurately reflects how it works in response to a vaccine. Enjoy, Steven [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-two-dopers-the-truth-about-vaccines/631631.md?page=10)