PRO: This is a well-written and insightful book that justifies its title/subtitle.
CON: The book largely consists of summaries of the media's coverage of the autism-vaccine debate, and is very repetitive at times.
Dachel references numerous media segments and argues the mainstream media denies the autism vaccine link for the following reasons:
1) Big Pharma greed + corruption: This is the biggest factor today because the mainstream media now receives most of its advertising revenue from Big Pharma. The public is simply unaware of how profitable vaccines have become. The public is also unaware of how the CDC+WHO+government have been corrupted by Big Pharma.
2) The decline of independent investigative journalism: This is the inevitable consequence of #1. The autism-vaccine debate began in the late 1990s when Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor, suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. This created a media frenzy - something that wouldn't occur today- because of the media's current policy of censoring "anti-vaccine" science. The Wakefield case happened before the internet "ruined" the media and made it dependent on Big Pharma revenue. (The public now expects "free" news and we get what we pay for.)
3) "Greater good" dogma: CH7 has a chilling 2011 quote from the NYT that even if the autism-vaccine link is true, it'd be ok since it's for the "greater good". (Adverse effects like autism and death are regarded as a "necessary evil" akin to a religious sacrifice.) According to public health officials, vaccines are responsible for the sharp decline of infectious disease deaths in the 20th century and numerous lives will be lost unless we maintain "herd immunity" by vaccinating as many people as possible. Public health officials, though, greatly exaggerate the benefits of vaccines: it's a FACT that over 90% of the decline in infectious disease deaths occurred long before vaccination and is likely due to improved nutrition, hygiene and sanitation in the modern world. Even if "herd immunity" is true, that doesn't justify recent vaccines like the Hepatitis B and HPV shots, which are meant to prevent cancer (NOT an infectious disease). Both vaccines also contain Aluminum, which is neuro-toxic, and newborns(!) in the US have received the Hep B vaccine since the mid-1990s, which is when the autism rate began to sharply increase.
4) Pro-vaccine dogma is now part of the Culture war, i.e. elites feel superior to "anti-science" anti-vaxxers: Science/medicine has become a "religion" and the so-called "experts" are the new high priests. Most people blindly trust that vaccines are safe and effective. Unfortunately, most people are simply unaware that 50% of science/medicine is WRONG! Science is about finding models that make useful predictions. ("All models are wrong- some models are USEFUL.") Physics is at the top of the scientific hierarchy because useful mathematical models exist which have led to stunning technological progress. Unfortunately, most fields (e.g. biology, climatology, economics, etc.) are simply too complex to have useful models, which is why "junk science" is becoming the norm (due to the diminishing returns of scientific investment). Medicine lacks useful models and is based on trial-and-error instead and is therefore very prone to dogma and Group-Think. When pressed, public health officials admit that a large-scale, long-term RCT (randomized clinical trial) of vaccinated vs. un-vaccinated children has never been done- because it'd be "unethical" to not vaccinate everyone (even though the whole POINT of such a trial would be to PROVE vaccines are actually safe+effective in the first place).
Dachel says the media promotes several lies about the autism-vaccine debate (e.g. that science has refuted the link when in reality, only the MMR vaccine and the thimerosal additive have been studied). Dachel concludes the book with the "biggest lie" about autism, which is that the autism rate is only increasing due to better diagnosis and shifting criteria. The book ends with the poignant prediction that anti-vaxxers will eventually "win" the debate when a million autistic children (80% of whom will need lifetime care) become adults and society- including the mainstream media- can no longer deny the autism* epidemic.
*There are least 3 different types of “autism” and we’re stupidly lumping them together as a “spectrum” of ONE condition due to superficial similarities: Some cases of autism truly are genetic defects (e.g. Fragile X). Some cases of autism reflect neuro-diversity/epigenetics- esp. cases without intellectual disability. And some-perhaps most- cases are due to vaccine injury.
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The Big Autism Cover-Up: How and Why the Media Is Lying to the American Public Hardcover – November 18, 2014
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Perhaps with the best of intentions there has been, nonetheless, longstanding misreporting and misunderstanding of the documented facts regarding vaccine side effects, including the autism links. When history eventually tells the whole story, it will undoubtedly rank as one of the biggest health and news media scandals of our time.” Sharyl Attkisson, former CBS investigative reporter, author of Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington
A comprehensive analysis, through the words of many different experts and advocates, revealing the unconscionable cover-up of the worst medical disaster in human history: the creation of an epidemic of autism and other disorders through overvaccination. Dachel has put all the disparate facts, events, and experts in a single book, a must-read for any parent concerned about the health of our children.” J. B. Handley, cofounder of Generation Rescue
Every movement has its heroes. Anne Dachel is the Rosa Parks of vaccine-induced autism. If I had a dollar for every comment Anne Dachel has placed at the end of each misinformed news story on the vaccine/autism issue, I would be able to fund the kind of transparent and independent vaccine safety research this book so strongly calls for.” Alison MacNeil, cofounder of Thinking Moms’ Revolution
"Anne Dachel has reviewed the media coverage of the growing epidemic of neurologically impaired children (ADD, ADHD, autism, etc.). She outlines the media bias in any study or report that vaccines may be behind many of these serious problems. She endlessly points out that hundreds of individuals at the CDC have conflicts of interest because they have financial ties to the vaccine makers. . . . Her message is very clear, do not vaccinate before you educate yourself on the vaccine issues." Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH
I would encourage all citizens concerned with the health of America’s children to read Anne Dachel’s book” Boyd E. Haley, PhD, professor emeritus in chemistry at the University of Kentucky
A comprehensive analysis, through the words of many different experts and advocates, revealing the unconscionable cover-up of the worst medical disaster in human history: the creation of an epidemic of autism and other disorders through overvaccination. Dachel has put all the disparate facts, events, and experts in a single book, a must-read for any parent concerned about the health of our children.” J. B. Handley, cofounder of Generation Rescue
Every movement has its heroes. Anne Dachel is the Rosa Parks of vaccine-induced autism. If I had a dollar for every comment Anne Dachel has placed at the end of each misinformed news story on the vaccine/autism issue, I would be able to fund the kind of transparent and independent vaccine safety research this book so strongly calls for.” Alison MacNeil, cofounder of Thinking Moms’ Revolution
"Anne Dachel has reviewed the media coverage of the growing epidemic of neurologically impaired children (ADD, ADHD, autism, etc.). She outlines the media bias in any study or report that vaccines may be behind many of these serious problems. She endlessly points out that hundreds of individuals at the CDC have conflicts of interest because they have financial ties to the vaccine makers. . . . Her message is very clear, do not vaccinate before you educate yourself on the vaccine issues." Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH
I would encourage all citizens concerned with the health of America’s children to read Anne Dachel’s book” Boyd E. Haley, PhD, professor emeritus in chemistry at the University of Kentucky
About the Author
Anne Dachel is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has taught for over 30 years. She works primarily with developmentally disabled children. She is married and the mother of four children, including an adult son on the autism spectrum. Anne writes for the online blog, Age of Autism.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2015
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This nation is in the midst of an autism explosion. Every few years the number of children affected by autism rises. The experts and the media maintain they have no answer except they maintain it is not vaccine related.
Anne Dachel who has an autistic son maintains otherwise. She presents information and anecdotal evidence from parents who saw a very healthy, highly functioning child get very ill and regress into autism within days and weeks of receiving a vaccine.
I highly recommend this book as it is well written and displays the author's honesty and integrity. She is willing to look at a difficult situation and write about what she observes. This is journalism at its best and as it should be.
As she herself says journalism today is not investigative but advocacy journalism where the slant or direction is determined at the beginning. This means that any point of view or piece of information that would oppose or refute the predetermined outcome is not allowed. This is actually self censorship.
To my mind this is extremely troubling and concerning because we as a nation and as individuals cannot solve a problem, any problem, unless we are able to look at all the facts and use our best efforts to find a solution.
In conclusion I highly recommend this book and hope it will encourage honest discussion leading to a workable solution.
Anne Dachel who has an autistic son maintains otherwise. She presents information and anecdotal evidence from parents who saw a very healthy, highly functioning child get very ill and regress into autism within days and weeks of receiving a vaccine.
I highly recommend this book as it is well written and displays the author's honesty and integrity. She is willing to look at a difficult situation and write about what she observes. This is journalism at its best and as it should be.
As she herself says journalism today is not investigative but advocacy journalism where the slant or direction is determined at the beginning. This means that any point of view or piece of information that would oppose or refute the predetermined outcome is not allowed. This is actually self censorship.
To my mind this is extremely troubling and concerning because we as a nation and as individuals cannot solve a problem, any problem, unless we are able to look at all the facts and use our best efforts to find a solution.
In conclusion I highly recommend this book and hope it will encourage honest discussion leading to a workable solution.
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The medical establishment isn't finding any links between autism and vaccines, but they're not looking very hard either.
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015Verified Purchase
Well written and pretty thorough, this book exposes the reader to information the mainstream media doesn't want you to have. It's a shame how, in the United States, the major mass media is controlled by monied interests, and important information about public health is being withheld or distorted in order to advance corporate gain. Infants, babies, and children are increasingly becoming recipients of pharmaceutical drugs thanks to pressure from the medical establishment and "big pharma." Parents succumb to the ridiculous and hysterical media propaganda and rush to have their children injected or to feed them pills on doctors' orders. What are the effects of the overuse of antibiotics in babies combined with the increasingly excessive vaccine schedule, and why is NO ONE researching this issue? Could it be because of what they may find? Autism is alive and well in the USA. The medical establishment isn't finding any links between autism and vaccines, but they're not looking very hard either.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
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Just finish this book and am glad I read it. It tells us why and how it happened that the media has a gag order on vaccine injury. The fact that vaccines and their neurotoxic components cause brain damage is hidden in plain sight. There are so many books but they all say the same, the "safe and effective" MANTRA, that it is a BIG FAT LIE. Except those written by people who profit of course, like Paul Offit. And that parents who say vaccines cause autism are vilified. Not only are their lives ruined, but they are made outcasts for telling the obvious.....
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Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
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Read about how it all began - the BIG LIE - and learn why you believe vaccines do not cause autism.
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Dachel writes a story that should send a chill through anyone who thinks it through
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015Verified Purchase
First they lied about smoking causing cancer, and I didn't listen since I didn't smoke.
Then they lied and said other toxins don't cause cancer and I didn't listen because no one in my family succumbed.
Then they lied and said mercury in vaccines is not an issues and I didn't listen because everyone said those people are crazy.
Then my child reacted after each vaccine and ended up like a little baby Alzheimer's patient, a shadow of himself.
Then I cried out for help, but all of those who knew had already died from their traumas.
And the media had been told to keep silent . . . .
Thanks to Anne and the folks at ageofautism.com, autism.com, and generationrescue, my son is almost all the way back. Thanks to Anne. Thanks to Anne speaking out.
Then they lied and said other toxins don't cause cancer and I didn't listen because no one in my family succumbed.
Then they lied and said mercury in vaccines is not an issues and I didn't listen because everyone said those people are crazy.
Then my child reacted after each vaccine and ended up like a little baby Alzheimer's patient, a shadow of himself.
Then I cried out for help, but all of those who knew had already died from their traumas.
And the media had been told to keep silent . . . .
Thanks to Anne and the folks at ageofautism.com, autism.com, and generationrescue, my son is almost all the way back. Thanks to Anne. Thanks to Anne speaking out.
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Heather Bosworth
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On and on go the denyers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2018Verified Purchase
Oh dear! Its about time folks dragged their heads out of the sand and faced up to the dreadful truth.
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Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2016Verified Purchase
Phenomenal must read book for ANYONE adult, or child, considering any vaccination.
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Ted Kuntz
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A desperately needed resource to help parents educate themselves about ...
Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2015Verified Purchase
A desperately needed resource to help parents educate themselves about vaccines. The media is no longer an independence source to be trusted on this topic. I've been advised that there is a defacto black out in the media about vaccine damage. Dachel is a much needed advocate for truth.
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