Deadly Dangerous Choice

The book by the world's most famous pediatrician Paul Offit addresses a challenging topic for every modern parent: vaccinations. As an immunologist, an expert in infectious diseases, and one of the creators of the rotavirus vaccine, Offit discusses the consequences that can arise – and already are arising! – from the mass refusal of vaccinations. You will learn why seemingly forgotten diseases are returning – whooping cough, measles, meningitis – and how dangerous they are. Are the side effects of vaccines truly frightening, and should they be feared? How and when the fear of vaccines originated. How, due to just one movie, thousands of parents in the U.S. decided not to vaccinate their children and how whooping cough returned to England in the late 1970s. How new vaccines were developed and old ones improved. Offit explains why we need to trust verified facts and authoritative scientific research and skillfully refutes the main arguments of the anti-vaccine movement.