{"product_id":"the-doctor-who-fooled-the-brian-deer-9781421438009","title":"The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Deer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421438003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421438009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2020","brand":"Brian Deer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055497375999,"sku":"9781421438009","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63241c6d-923c-44e1-a3dc-2d39900f02f6.jpg?v=1685036115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-doctor-who-fooled-the-brian-deer-9781421438009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}