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Paperback The Virus and the Vaccine: Contaminated Vaccine, Deadly Cancers, and Government Neglect Book

ISBN: 0312342721

ISBN13: 9780312342722

The Virus and the Vaccine: Contaminated Vaccine, Deadly Cancers, and Government Neglect

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Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is regarded as a veritbale medical miracle, for it largely eradicated one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century. But the story of the vaccine has a dark side, one that has never been fully told before. Between 1954 and 1963, close to 98 million Americans received polio vaccinations contaminated with a carcinogenic monkey virus, now known as SV40. The government downplayed the incident, and it was generally accepted...

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It perhaps seems that a book written about developing polio vaccines would be boring but this reads like an exciting story -which it was! I could not put it down. It starts with really interesting background of how horrific polio outbreaks were and the relationship of the polio harmed FDR to the development of serious polio vaccine research.There is just so much interesting from the frontlines such as the incredible number of monkeys used in research and in the manufacture of the vaccines, women scientists in high places, the rivalries and it goes on. Highly recommend.
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