{"product_id":"bad-advice-or-why-celebrities-politicians-and-activists-arent-your-best-source-of-health-information-hardcover","title":"Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Offit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and na ve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. Amid this onslaught of spurious information, Americans are more confused than ever about what's good for them and what isn't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBad Advice\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul A. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation. For the past twenty years, Offit has been on the front lines in the fight for sound science and public heath. Stepping into the media spotlight as few scientists have done--such as being one of the first to speak out against conspiracy theories linking vaccines to autism--he found himself in the crosshairs of powerful groups intent on promoting pseudoscience. \u003ci\u003eBad Advice\u003c\/i\u003e discusses science and its adversaries: not just the manias stoked by slick charlatans and their miracle cures but also corrosive, dangerous ideologies such as Holocaust and climate-change denial. Written with wit and passion, Offit's often humorous guide to taking on quack experts and self-appointed activists is a must-read for any American disturbed by the uptick in politicized attacks on science.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul A. Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an award-winning physician, coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine, and the author of several books on medical and scientific issues including, from Columbia University Press, \u003ci\u003eAutism's False Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eVaccines and Your Child: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeparating Fact from Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(2011, with Charlotte A. Moser).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302029942886,"sku":"9780231186988","price":36.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QVBtNGtXbFlwSEdpeHBZSEhad2M5dz09.webp?v=1773985831","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/bad-advice-or-why-celebrities-politicians-and-activists-arent-your-best-source-of-health-information-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}