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post #1 of 8
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I'm not sure if it was here or another message board, so I'm going to post both places. I'd really like to thank whoever reccommended this book by Catherine J.M. Diodati, M.A. It's an incredibly well researched and informative book. I think it could even get some pro-vax people to seriously re-evaluate that position.
post #2 of 8
Can you post some excerpts. I need a really good book for my son-in-law. He is coming around - s o m e w h a t !

He is reading "Overdosed America" right now and I NEVER though he would read anything that controversial about the med profession.
post #3 of 8
What is her portrayal of doctors?

The AAP, the CDC, WHO, etc.?

Does she put blame on pharma corruption?
post #4 of 8
So frustrating. None of the libraries around me have it. Sigh.
post #5 of 8
I think it's pretty new, that's why.
post #6 of 8
Yes, and I have been looking for the Offit book, The Cutter Incident, and my library system does not have it anywhere.

Frustrating
post #7 of 8
Thread Starter 
Actually, it's from 1999, but it's Canadian, maybe that's why you can't find it? There's only one bit of it that's specifically Canadian, though, about compensation (or lack thereof) for vaccine injury here. And she does have quite a bit about the US, including a section about military vaccinations.

She doesn't really blame anyone. The book is basically discussing whether vaccines violate the 4 major medical ethical considerations (respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice). In order to determine if mass vaccination violates these ethics, she goes pretty deeply into the history of vaccinations, the ingredients, reactions, injuries and what is currently known about the immune system, how it works, and how vaccines really affect it and how they have affected diseases and actually made them more dangerous.

Excerpt:

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Vaccines, on the other hand, bypass many of the body's initial immune defences. This may be likened to a Trojan horse, wherein the "invaders" have been allowed to bypass the usual primary defensive mechanisms to initiate an internal "surprise attack", causing the defensive players to scramble into action. Unlike natural infection, which immediately functions to weaken the pathogen and simultaneously send out chemical "messages" to activate other immune system elements, there is no opportunity to "prime" the immune system as a whole. In this way, vaccines do not elicit an immune response that can be considered comparable to natural immunity. In fact, the immune system is so hard pressed to respond to the internal "attack" that it compensates by utilizing far more immune cells than it normally would during natural infection.
The differences in immune response demands are particularly significant for infants and young children, whose immune systems will not be fully developed until about age 12.....
For the infant or young child, this means that an enormous percentage of his or her immune cells have been committed to the specific antigens introduced by the vaccine(s). The pathogens that are introduced through immunization are derived from 3-5 different viruses and/or bacteria and, unlike natural infection, multiple diseases, chemicals, drugs and additives are introduced into the body simulataneously. The immune system must recognize and act upon a variety of pathogens all at once. The long term potential consequences, of which, may be a greater susceptibility to infections, allergies, diabetes, cancers and various mental and behavioural disorders because the maturing immune system has been overwhelmed.
post #8 of 8
Librarians will, sometimes, take recommendations from patrons, especially on specialized and unusual topics.

First, ask if they have a book recommendation form. If they don't, ask how you can make a book recommendation. If they still aren't helpful, ask to speak to a supervisor.

Second, when you do make the recommendation, it is really helpful to the librarian if you have done a bit of homework on the topic. A statement like "I could only find one book on this subject and it is ten years old (or one-sided)" will do a lot more than a simple "I want this book."

Good luck.
Deborah (speaking as a librarian who takes recommendations from patrons)
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