{"product_id":"the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world-science-deception-and-the-war-on-vaccines-hardcover","title":"The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Deer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 IPPY Book Award Winner (Gold) in Health\/Medicine\/Nutrition, Recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award for Nonfiction in the Culture Category.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines is erupting around the globe. Fear is spreading. Banished diseases have returned. And a militant \"anti-vax\" movement has surfaced to campaign against children's shots.\u003cbr\u003eBut why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor Who Fooled the World\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes the truth behind the crisis. Writing with the page-turning tension of a detective story, he unmasks the players and unearths the facts. Where it began. Who was responsible. How they pulled it off. Who paid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this dark narrative is the rise of the so-called \"father of the anti-vaccine movement\" a British-born doctor, Andrew Wakefield. Banned from medicine, thanks to Deer's discoveries, he fled to the United States to pursue his ambitions, and now claims to be winning a \"war.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an epic investigation spread across fifteen years, Deer battles medical secrecy and insider cover-ups, smear campaigns and gagging lawsuits, to uncover rigged research and moneymaking schemes, the heartbreaking plight of families struggling with disability, and the scientific scandal of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Deer\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-award-winning investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eof London. briandeer.com @deerbrian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760067313952,"sku":"9781421438009","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6b755703ee7e3eea6019b3e82b2ab1e.webp?v=1780170602","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world-science-deception-and-the-war-on-vaccines-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}