Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective [Paperback]

Neil Z. Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

This bestselling immunization handbook (new, updated 2012 edition) evaluates each vaccine for safety, efficacy, and long-term effects. It contains the most comprehensive, up-to-date, uncensored data available -- information that many doctors don't even know. It includes the most recent studies, several case histories detailing vaccine-induced damage to children, and pinpoints for parents exact conditions that may put their own child at high risk. In addition, health alternatives are offered, along with legal options to mandatory shots. It contains 30 graphs and diagrams plus more than 900 footnotes and scientific references so that all of the information may be confirmed. Parents, educators, health professionals, and other concerned individuals have very few sources of information permitting them to make informed choices. But concerned parents are pleading for answers to their many questions. Doctors only tell them one side of the story; there is another side. Helps concerned people make wise and responsible decisions. Includes information on ALL childhood shots, plus current data on the new HPV ("cervical cancer"), shingles, smallpox, and flu vaccines. Over 150,000 copies sold!

Editorial Reviews

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"Congratulations! Finally something to give patients who inquire about this overwhelming conundrum. I've told many people about this important contribution." -- Janet Zand, ND, Doctor of Naturopathy, Oriental Medicine, and co-author of Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child

"Grounds for questioning the safety and efficacy of childhood vaccination programs are reviewed with clarity and thoroughness in this book." -- Harold E. Buttram, MD, Pediatrician and author of Vaccines and Immune Malfunction

"Mr. Miller points out the dangers of vaccines. His descriptions of each illness and delineation of the controversy are noteworthy." -- American Library Association Booklist

"There is a growing controversy on this subject and Mr. Miller needs to be heard." -- George R. Schwartz, MD, Physician, Toxicologist, and Senior Editor of Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine

"This book is a MUST for all who have, or are contemplating having, children." -- NAPRA Trade Journal

From the Publisher

Are vaccines really safe and effective? A few years ago, a concerned father asked this very question. No one provided him with convincing evidence so he researched the scientific literature on his own and wrote a vaccine book that went on to become a bestseller (more than 150,000 copies sold). Today, this profound and compelling immunization handbook, "Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?," has been completely updated and revised (2008). It contains 30 graphs and more than 900 references. This essential immunization resource is the best introductory vaccine book in the world! (The author's new, 560 page Vaccine Safety Manual, has replaced it as the world's most complete guide to immunization risks and protection.)

"Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?" includes the latest information on ALL recommended childhood shots plus smallpox, shingles, HPV and flu. In addition, this remarkable vaccine guide...Evaluates each vaccine for safety, efficacy, and long-term effects; Includes the most recent studies and provides numerous case histories; Pinpoints for parents exact conditions that may put their own child at high risk; Documents correlations between vaccines and several new diseases; Outlines current vaccine laws and offers parental options to "mandatory" shots; Helps all concerned people to make wise and responsible decisions.

When New Atlantean Press first published "Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?" some people opposed our efforts to educate parents and health practitioners. Of course, many others were deeply grateful. Today, this book has been translated into several languages. In addition, chiropractic colleges stock it in their bookstores and midwives recommend it to their clients. Many pediatricians and other doctors purchase this book as well. Often, they are surprised by the number of valid studies documenting vaccine hazards. This information was not taught in medical school.

This book will continue to arouse strong emotions. It is well written and well documented. Furthermore, this latest edition of "Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?" is much more extensive than the earlier edition. For example, the previous book had 300 notes and references; this new book has more than 900 notes and references -- a threefold increase in researched data! The previous book had 12 illustrations; this new book has 30 charts and graphs. The previous book was just 78 pages; this new book has 128 pages -- nearly twice as much new information!

This latest edition also answers many more questions than the earlier edition. For example, how are the vaccines made? Do they still contain thimerosal, a mercury derivative? Are the chickenpox and MMR vaccines manufactured in human fetal tissue? Do credible studies show correlations between the current autism epidemic and vaccines? These questions and many, many more are answered in this book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: New Atlantean Pr; Rev Upd Su edition (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881217302
• ISBN-13: 978-1881217305
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Immunology

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102 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with information and references, October 5, 2005

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Mark A. Rocka (New Caney, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective (Paperback)

I don't normally write reviews, but after reading the review listed first written by Evan K. Yeung, I had to correct a horrible injustice. Evan K. Yeung would have you believe that the author is trying to sway the reader against all vaccinations and do so based only on the author's opinion. This small book is filled with over 900 references that you can easily check for yourself. If you have a problem with the information given on polio, you can look up any of the dozens of references on that one subject. In fact, the last few pages of the book are devoted to trying to convince the reader to do just that... look up the information for themselves.

I find it interesting that Evan K. Yeung would accuse the author of having an agenda when there is nothing more than the sale of books to be had from such an agenda, while the good doctor could potentially lose thousands of dollars if his patients start deciding to think for themselves and begin to avoid some or all vaccinations. In my experience, Evan K. Yeung's reaction to this book is common among pediatricians, and medical professionals in general. Heaven forbid that a lay-person should question the medical status quo.

Evan K. Yeung gives the book the lowest star rating and dismisses the book as one sided and ill-informed, then neglects to touch on some of the points in the book that are practically without question. For example, there is no good reason to administer a chicken pox vaccination. Chicken pox is a non-life threatening disease (deaths almost always occur from chicken pox when the person contracting them is already deathly ill.) Furthermore, children are far less likely to suffer serious symptoms than adults. The chicken pox vaccine does NOT grant life-time immunity, as contracting the disease itself does. Rather, the vaccine only delays contraction for 10 to 20 years... making the victim older and more likely to suffer serious ill effects if chicken pox is contracted. Sure you can keep getting vaccinated, but there is a slight risk associated with each vaccine a person receives. Wouldn't it be better just to get chicken pox as a child and be done with it for the rest of your life?

What about Hepatitis B? Hospitals want to give your baby the Hep B vaccine before your baby goes home. What are the main ways of contracting Hep B? Drug needles and sexual promiscuity. Knowing that, does it really make sense to subject your one day old to the contents of a Hep B vaccine?

It's points like this that let you know that Evan K. Yeung is really the one with the agenda. If he were writing a fair and balanced review, he would have mentioned these facts and acknowledged that the book has, at the very least, some valuable information.

The bottom line is, even if you don't agree with everything in the book, you are given ample opportunity to research the sources from which the information came. I've read several books and web sites on this subject and this is the one I always return to when I have questions.

78 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on the untold Truth, April 11, 2005

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Dr. Jamie Fettig "TheCreatorsManual.com" (Bismarck ND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective (Paperback)

I love ths book because the author started out as a concerned parent about to have kids. So he went out to do research to find out what would be best for his kids regarding vaccines. The conlclusions he came up with now make him one of the biggest proponents against vaccines. He is not anit-medicine, or anti drugs (like me). He is a parent who wanted the best for his kids.

He shows you facts like most vaccines contain, mercury, formaldahyde and aluminum just to name a few. These chemicals and toxins are in there for the sole purpose of making the vaccine shelf life longer so not as much of the drug companies profits are eaten up by "spoiled" vaccines.

This book shows anyone who is willing to look at the facts (he sites all the articles, journals and exact location to find the hundreds of references he uses) how vaccines are causing more damage than good.

Many people think vaccines got rid of polio, measles and all the other diseases we have vaccines for. Using the National Institues of Health data the author shows you how this probably is not the case.

If you graph the number of people who had a disease against time you would get a bell curve graph for all diseases we have vaccines for. The interesting part of this graph is the date the vaccines were introduced for those diseases. One would think they were introduced near the top of the bell curve.

When in fact ALL of the vaccines were introduced at least half way down the bell curve, and most when the disease was almost gone by itself. By the time the vaccines were gone, the disease had already run it's course. The interesting part is also that past disease like most plagues that never had vaccines invented, has the exact same graph as those that have vaccines.

The list goes on and on and the author will help show you how if you truly want your kid to be healthy, vaccines will not do that. In fact, exactly the opposite will happen.

You might be thinking, but my kid won't be able to go to school. Or I cannot travel abroad. Yes you can. There are ways to easily have your kid go to school and travel with out being vaccinated. Most people just do not tell you about them.

If you want to know for youself and feel confident in your decision Not to vaccinate your kid this book will help.

There is also a website 909shot . com. It is the National Vaccine Information Center that gives all sorts great resources as well.

And if you want a great book that will really give your child total health, The Creator's Manual for Your Body is a great book to do exactly that.

65 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fast and passionate read about vaccination issues, May 20, 2000

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This review is from: Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?: A Parents Guide to Childhood Shots (Paperback)

I found this book along with five other books on vaccination at my local public library. I started with Miller's book because it seemed the most concise. It was an easy read and includes many heart wrenching accounts of parents whose children reacted to routine vaccinations - and how the doctors in these cases refused to report these deaths in any way attributable to the shots. Stories to bring out the radical in you!

While this book is a good start on the topic, it is one of the books that many people will find too emotional - particularly people who are pro-vaccination to begin with. To his credit, the author makes this emotional element clear at the beginning of his book. I am glad the public library had this book, but I am spending my money on a more thorough and well written one I borrowed at the time - Immunization the Reality Behind the Myth by Walene James. She gives a well rounded and intellegent presentation of much of the same research Miller glosses over. The result being the reader will understand the issue more deeply themselves and come away armed with the facts. This one is so good I want it in MY library!