Business Insider – by Rob Price
Mark Zuckerberg has taken a shot at anti-vaccination activists, the Verge reports, picking vaccination science book “On Immunity” as the latest text for his online book club.
As his new year’s resolution, the Facebook founder has opted to read and discuss a new book every two weeks with his online following of millions.
Written by Eula Bliss, “On Immunity” discusses the science behind vaccines and why people oppose them. It’s an Amazon bestseller, and was praised by Slate as “elegant and bracing.”
Vaccinations are a hot topic at the moment, with outbreaks of measles across the US blamed on the increase of “antivaxxers” refusing to vaccinate their children because of unfounded fears that vaccines can cause autism and other health issues.
Zuckerberg’s topical choice is a deliberate one. “The science is completely clear,” he writes. “Vaccinations are important for the health of everyone in our community. This book explores the reasons why people question vaccines, and then logically explains why the doubts are unfounded and vaccines are in fact effective and safe.”
The theory that vaccinations can cause autism has been thoroughly debunked, and has its origins in a (now-disproved) 1998 paper by British doctor Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield has since been accused of a conflict of interest, struck off the medical register, and banned from practising medicine in the UK. Nonetheless, fears of vaccines persist.
In the comments below his post, Zuckerberg expanded on why he chose “On Immunity.” He says he was “trying to find a book that would both explain people’s fears and explain the actual science. A number of people I highly respect recommended this book, so I think this is a good one to read and share.”
Here’s the book’s Amazon description:
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear—fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child’s air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunise your child, or yourself, from the world.
In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate community, America, and the world, both historically and in the present moment. She extends a conversation with other mothers to meditations on Voltaire’s Candide, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Susan Sontag’s AIDS and Its Metaphors, and beyond. On Immunity is a moving account of how we are all interconnected—our bodies and our fates.
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Who is mark lozerburg , and like I care or asked for his opinion on something he probably knows nothing about
( yes I know who this stuffed suit is)
Exactly, why do we care what this little snot nosed brat has to say about anything?
Marc jue kerberg , how can any one take this jue seriously ? I`m working on a noose for him as I speak . Start the ball Tector !!!
If people are stupid enough to take vaccines then let them die. They wont be needed in the new Republic anyway.
looks like a queer to me. 🙁
He’s married (to a woman 😉 :
http://www.today.com/money/meet-priscilla-chan-10-things-we-learned-about-mark-zuckerbergs-2D79731310
San Fransisco General Hospital will be named after them:
http://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-general-hospital-will-be-named-after-mark-zuckerberg-2015-2
🙂
Ah yes, the khazars and their fascination with their Mongolian ancestry. Zuckerbergerwitzsteinbergermoneygrabber has spoken and and I don’t give a good G damn. A wise Funny Farmer once said: FTJ and I concur!
He just spoke to the chinese wishing them a happy lunar new year.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/technology/social/zuckerberg-mandarin-new-year/
ha, lunacy.
Doesn’t surprise me in the least. His wife is Chinese. He learned the language after they got together and they go to China to visit her family every year. Of course he would wish them a Happy New Year.
The guy still has zits for f.ck sakes.
Snot nosed or hook nosed. Don’t belive anything these joo bastards have to say about what we need to do to protect our children. Just another mouthpiece for kike agenda. Blow it out your ass MOFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about this for your joobook klub.. “mein Kamph” Hah
““The science is completely clear,” he writes. “Vaccinations are important for the health of everyone in our community. This book explores the reasons why people question vaccines, and then logically explains why the doubts are unfounded and vaccines are in fact effective and safe.”
Nobody is THAT stupid (I think).
Zionist shill.
ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………….what? Zuckerberg? You mean people still listen to this young Bill Gates wanna be? Maybe he should take a vaccine for all of the zits and acne he has on his face and watch how fast it will worsen. 😉
How come Gates and Zuckerberg, who have no medical background, are so into vaccinations?