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Trade Review
Riveting . . . Readers who love a good debunking will find Deer's narrative logical, exciting, and enraging.
—Publishers Weekly
Seldom has any new book been more timely than The Doctor Who Fooled the World At times the book reads more like a thriller than a journalistic investigation
—The Sunday Times
At a time when the World Health Organization lists 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the top ten threats to global health, this stunning work sounds an urgent message and demonstrates the essential role of investigative journalism in uncovering the truth.
—Foreword Reviews
Exposing researchers who lie, cheat and fake their data often requires the work of courageous whistleblowers or tenacious investigative journalists. Enter Brian Deer, an award-winning reporter for the Sunday Times of London
—The Wall Street Journal
Although many people think they know this now-infamous story, it is likely they are unaware of all its dramatic details. Curious lay readers and vaccine experts alike are sure to learn something worthwhile from Deer's well-chronicled account.
—Paul A. Offit, Science
Mind-boggling . . . Every chapter drops your jaw.
—BigThink
Riveting . . . a compelling portrait of hubris and the terrible dark shadow it can cast.
—Saad B. Omer, Nature
Evocative . . . an incredible story.
—Chemistry World
The author not only exposes major flaws in the study itself, he also describes high-pressure tactics used to recruit the young patients and the harmful, invasive procedures used to gather samples.
—Eric Hoffer Award Committee

Table of Contents

Prologue: Resurrection
Part 1. Big Ideas
1. The Guinness Moment
2. It Must Be Measles
3. Quests Collide
4. The Pilot Study
5. Child Four
6. A Moral Issue
Part 2. Secret Schemes
7. Everybody Knows
8. First Contact
9. The Deal
10. Trouble in the Labs
11. Spartanburg Science
12. Asked and Answered
13. Turn of the Century
14. On Capitol Hill
15. Letting Go
16. The Bridge
17. Unblinded
Part 3. Exposed
18. Assignment
19. Cracking the Coombe
20. The Spoiler
21. Texas
22. Nothing As It Seems
23. Sesame Street
24. Enterocolitis
25. We Can Reveal
26. Cry Smear
27. An Elaborate Fraud
Part 4. Avenged
28. Rock Bottom
29. Payback Time
30. Vaxxed
31. Wakefield's World
32. Cause and Affect
Epilogue: A Wonderful Doctor

Timeline
Note to Readers
Acknowledgments
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 24/11/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421438009, 978-1421438009
      ISBN10: 1421438003
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Riveting . . . Readers who love a good debunking will find Deer's narrative logical, exciting, and enraging.
      —Publishers Weekly
      Seldom has any new book been more timely than The Doctor Who Fooled the World At times the book reads more like a thriller than a journalistic investigation
      —The Sunday Times
      At a time when the World Health Organization lists 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the top ten threats to global health, this stunning work sounds an urgent message and demonstrates the essential role of investigative journalism in uncovering the truth.
      —Foreword Reviews
      Exposing researchers who lie, cheat and fake their data often requires the work of courageous whistleblowers or tenacious investigative journalists. Enter Brian Deer, an award-winning reporter for the Sunday Times of London
      —The Wall Street Journal
      Although many people think they know this now-infamous story, it is likely they are unaware of all its dramatic details. Curious lay readers and vaccine experts alike are sure to learn something worthwhile from Deer's well-chronicled account.
      —Paul A. Offit, Science
      Mind-boggling . . . Every chapter drops your jaw.
      —BigThink
      Riveting . . . a compelling portrait of hubris and the terrible dark shadow it can cast.
      —Saad B. Omer, Nature
      Evocative . . . an incredible story.
      —Chemistry World
      The author not only exposes major flaws in the study itself, he also describes high-pressure tactics used to recruit the young patients and the harmful, invasive procedures used to gather samples.
      —Eric Hoffer Award Committee

      Table of Contents

      Prologue: Resurrection
      Part 1. Big Ideas
      1. The Guinness Moment
      2. It Must Be Measles
      3. Quests Collide
      4. The Pilot Study
      5. Child Four
      6. A Moral Issue
      Part 2. Secret Schemes
      7. Everybody Knows
      8. First Contact
      9. The Deal
      10. Trouble in the Labs
      11. Spartanburg Science
      12. Asked and Answered
      13. Turn of the Century
      14. On Capitol Hill
      15. Letting Go
      16. The Bridge
      17. Unblinded
      Part 3. Exposed
      18. Assignment
      19. Cracking the Coombe
      20. The Spoiler
      21. Texas
      22. Nothing As It Seems
      23. Sesame Street
      24. Enterocolitis
      25. We Can Reveal
      26. Cry Smear
      27. An Elaborate Fraud
      Part 4. Avenged
      28. Rock Bottom
      29. Payback Time
      30. Vaxxed
      31. Wakefield's World
      32. Cause and Affect
      Epilogue: A Wonderful Doctor

      Timeline
      Note to Readers
      Acknowledgments
      Index

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