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alexandrabree's review
1.0
The title I guess is the bets place to start... “The Vaccine Friendly Plan” “Safe and Effective” ??? But this book is largely anti vaccine? Or at minimum paints vaccination as optional and unimportant, leaning into negative (can It get anymore passive aggressive?)
and this is a smack in the face of science that has proven this kind of lackadaisical attitude is extremely dangerous and in some cases lethal.
I am binging through a variety of science and pandemic books in this age of false information to better educate myself in what could have happened to induce COVID-19 and this environment we find ourselves living in.
And the only positive I can see coming out of 2020 is mandatory vaccination world wide. Inducing herd immunity that should have been present 30 years ago or more!
***update for January 2020
When I wrote up mandatory vaccine I was thinking the big five (MMR), whooping cough and polio not flu vaccinations and the Covid -19 vaccine which is equally promising and problematic. Particularly as we hear about variants, nasty side effects and proper testing that was “waved due to special circumstances” that raises a ton of red flags for people with existing conditions, pregnancy and a family history of epilepsy or seizures
and this is a smack in the face of science that has proven this kind of lackadaisical attitude is extremely dangerous and in some cases lethal.
I am binging through a variety of science and pandemic books in this age of false information to better educate myself in what could have happened to induce COVID-19 and this environment we find ourselves living in.
And the only positive I can see coming out of 2020 is mandatory vaccination world wide. Inducing herd immunity that should have been present 30 years ago or more!
***update for January 2020
When I wrote up mandatory vaccine I was thinking the big five (MMR), whooping cough and polio not flu vaccinations and the Covid -19 vaccine which is equally promising and problematic. Particularly as we hear about variants, nasty side effects and proper testing that was “waved due to special circumstances” that raises a ton of red flags for people with existing conditions, pregnancy and a family history of epilepsy or seizures
rkmiller22's review
Great reference book I will always want on my shelf. Just not likely to read it cover to cover. I did read the majority of it.
heidibooks's review
informative
medium-paced
3.5
A lot of great info to think about and discuss with my husband. I would say this is super informative. But like all things, I need to do more research and follow my mom instinct on his to move forward on this topic.
This highlights delaying and skipping some vaccines. Not anti-vax but pro-choice is how I would explain this book.
This highlights delaying and skipping some vaccines. Not anti-vax but pro-choice is how I would explain this book.
annaleblanc316's review
5.0
I’ll be keeping this book on my shelf for reference for many years to come! It was a great book that was very informative on vaccines and child rearing in general. I had expected that it would be entirely about vaccines, however it was full of information on how to keep your kids healthy and why he recommended (or didn’t recommend) certain practices! I didn’t agree 100% with everything said (good thing I can form my own opinions), but I found it an enlightening read and I learned some things too!
morganevans's review against another edition
3.0
Ironically, this book was more about walking parents through pregnancy, infants, toddlers and teenagers from a pediatrician’s perspective of what they are looking for at each doctor visit. He also tries to give middle of the road approaches to vaccines but I wish there were better sources in general than just his own practice but I get it there aren’t a lot of studies.
sarahreadsalotofbooks's review
4.0
Read chapter 12 first!
This is a well-written book with 306 research-based citations. Even though it was published in 2016, Dr. Paul has since update his recommendations as far as what to get and what to skip.
He has recommendations that I disagree with, but I’m comfortable with the research I’ve done to come to those decisions.
This is a well-written book with 306 research-based citations. Even though it was published in 2016, Dr. Paul has since update his recommendations as far as what to get and what to skip.
He has recommendations that I disagree with, but I’m comfortable with the research I’ve done to come to those decisions.
the_book_nat's review
4.0
I found this book to be informative. I highly recommend it if you are on the fence about vaccines.