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Poorly Written Nonsense with a Dangerous Agenda
This book consists of a series of essays that do nothing to inform the reader about this issue. Instead we are subject to a series of disjointed essays that contain serious factual errors. For example, the book asserts that we do not need to vaccinate for tetanus because babies aren't in contact with rusty needles. Meanwhile thousands of babies die each year because they lack access to the vaccine.
Worse, the book uses Ms. LeGuin's essay as a theme without her knowing about it. I contacted her agent and she admits Ms. LeGuin is neither anti-vaccine nor was she aware the authors had used her story in this way.
No parent should rely on this book for anything other than an examination of the paranoia of the anti-vax movement.
August 2012 · Books