Sears, Martha
Sears, Robert
alternative vaccination schedule
on aluminum-containing vaccines
anti-vaccine themes
on chemicals in vaccines
on herd immunity
recommended schedule of doctor visits
on risks of vaccine-preventable diseases
Sears, William
The Sears Parenting Library
Seizures
DTP vaccine and
fever and
See also Epilepsy
Sexton, Nicky
Shakespeare, William
Shane, John
Shelley, Mary
Sheridan, Dorothy
Sheridan, Lisa
Sherr, Alan
Shingles
Shock, pertussis vaccine and
Shorvon, Simon
A Shot in the Dark (Fisher)
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
SIDS. See Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Simmons, Betty
Slate.com
Smallpox
outbreaks
Smallpox vaccine
anti-vaccine movement and
compulsory vaccination and
creation of
objections to in United States
Snyder, Colten
Snyder, Kathryn and Joseph
Snyderman, Nancy
Social good vs. individual freedom, compulsory vaccination and
Socioeconomic class, resistance to vaccines and
Sodium deoxycholate
Soper, George
Special masters
Spencer, Edwin
SSPE (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)
Steiner, Rudolf
Stephenson, John
Stewart, Gordon
on cause of HIV/AIDS
on pertussis vaccine
on severity of pertussis
Stork, Travis
Stossel, John
Ström, Justus
Stuart-Smith, Murray
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
court cases on vaccines and
hepatitis B vaccine and
pertussis deaths and
pertussis vaccine and
Sunday Morning (television program)
Sunday Times (newspaper)
Super Nu-Thera
Supreme Court, Jacobson v. Massachusetts
Sutherland, Cora
Swan, Matthew
Swan, Rita and Douglas
Swine flu epidemic
Tatel, Stephanie
Tayloe, David
Tetanus
Tetanus vaccine
Texarkana, measles outbreak
Thimerosal
Omnibus Autism Proceeding and
This Week (television program)
Thompson, George
Thompson, Lea
career after Vaccine Roulette
honor from National Vaccine Information Center
Vaccine Roulette and
Thoughtful House
ThreeLac
Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Time (magazine)
Titicut Follies (film)
The Today Show (television program)
Tom, Melanie
Toner, Kevin
Toxoid
“The Tragedy of the Commons” (Hardin)
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis vaccine
20/20 (television program)
Twitchell, David and Ginger
Twitchell, Robyn
Typhoid fever
Typhoid Mary
United Kingdom, measles outbreaks. See also England
United States Court of Claims
Unvaccinated children, effect on community
U.S. News and World Report (magazine)
USA Today (newspaper)
Usui, Mikao
Vaccination. See Compulsory vaccination; Immunization; Mandatory vaccination
“Vaccination: A Conversation Worth Having” (Maher)
Vaccination rates. See Immunization rates
Vaccinations and Lockjaw (Higgins)
Vaccination schedules
alternative
Vaccination Vampire (pamphlet)
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
rotavirus vaccine withdrawal and
Vaccine advocacy/advocates
anti-vaccine groups and
The Vaccine Book (Sears)
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)
conspiracy theorists and
expert witnesses
Omnibus Autism Proceeding
unusual rulings
Vaccine inspectors
Vaccine mandates, campaign against
Vaccine manufacturers
decline in number of
market stabilization and
Vaccine policy, pediatrician’s
Vaccine-preventable diseases, severity of
. See also individual diseases
Vaccines
aluminum in
autism and (see Autism)
chemicals in
claims of phantom ingredients in
claim that are unnatural
concomitant-use studies
conspiracy theory and
false claims of harm
fear of
federal funding for
history of problems with
immunological challenge of
mercury in
multiple sclerosis and
religious beliefs and
school immunization requirements
shortages of
side effects/allergic reactions
social class and resistance to
testing
See also individual vaccines
Vaccine safety advocacy
Fisher and
Salamone and
Vaccine Safety DataLink
Vaccine toxins, autism and
VAERS. See Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
Varicella. See under Chickenpox
Vashon Island (Washington)
Vermont, pertussis outbreak
VICP. See Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)
Vinnedge, Debi
Virchow, Rudolf
Virginia, measles outbreak
Virtue, Doreen
Vitamin D
von Recklinghausen, Frederich Daniel
Voodoo Histories (Aaronovitch)
Wakefield, Andrew
criticism of
photos
Walker, Laurie
Walker, Shauntay
Wallace, Amy
Wall Street Journal (newspaper)
Walters, Barbara
Waltner, James
Warren, Charles
Washington, measles outbreak
Washington Post (newspaper)
Waxman, Henry
Wellcome Foundation
Wenk, Eugene
Werderitsch, Dorothy
Werne, Jacob
Wexler, Deborah
White, Tyler
Whitestone, Heather
Whitney, Aubrey
Whitney, Edward
Whooping cough. See under Pertussis
Willard Parker Hospital
Williams, George
Williams, Kathi
Williams, Lisa
Williams, Ted
Wilson, John
Winfrey, Oprah
Wired (magazine)
Wisconsin, measles outbreak
Wiseman, Frederick
World News Tonight (television program)
Wright family, religious exemption to vaccination requirements and
Wuerger, Heidi
www.kartnerhealth.com
Wyeth Laboratories
Yankovich, Abra
Yarkin, Celina
Yellow fever vaccine
YOU: Having a Baby (Oz & Roizen)
Young, Bobby
Zucht, Rosalyn
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Offit, Paul A.
Deadly choices : how the anti-vaccine movement threatens us all / Paul A. Offit.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-762-44298-0
1. Vaccination of children. 2. Vaccination of children—History. 3. Vaccination of children—Complications. 4. Vaccines—Health aspects. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Attitude to Health—Popular Works. 2. Vaccination—trends—Popular Works. 3. History, 20th Century—Popular Works. W 85 O32d 2010]
RJ240.O38 2010
614.4’ 7083—dc22
2010022446
Table of Contents
ALSO BY PAUL A. OFFIT, M.D.
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
PROLOGUE
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - The Birth of Fear
CHAPTER 2 - This England
CHAPTER 3 - A Crude Brew
CHAPTER 4 - Roulette Redux
CHAPTER 5 - Make the Angels Weep
CHAPTER 6 - Justice
CHAPTER 7 - Past Is Prologue
CHAPTER 8 - Tragedy of the Commons
CHAPTER 9 - The Mean Season
CHAPTER 10 - Dr. Bob
CHAPTER 11 - Trust
EPILOGUE
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgements
INDEX
Copyright Page
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