After spending the night at the ER pediatrics unit due to my baby having a reaction from the dtap shot (the hospital concluded), I decided to read up on shots. I can't believe I was so good at researching things except for the immunizations prior to giving birth to my first baby. After reading this book, I felt a lot more comfortable in my decision I made and I was so confused before.

It is pretty objective. Sure it brings in some allopathic thinkings but it also is up front with the statistics on what can influence them to look like something they are not..BOTH WAYS, not just in the allopathic sense. That is very important. It mentioned a lot of things that I'd not have thought about.

I like how it breaks down each individual shot. It gives the background of each shot, what brought it on, what effects it can have, reactions, etc. And I also like the fact that it gives parents choices if they do not feel comfortable with shots...such as which ones are least a problem if you want to give only certain ones. It also brings in another way to do them, like do them one or two at a time instead of 7 shots at one time like my baby had at 2 months!. Deep down I wondered about this without even reading any literature. It also answers questions (on why the seizure happened and what to do about it) that I could not get the pro vaccination literature to answer when my baby had her seizure with the 2 month shots. If anything, I found that literature to be extremely biased. Their answer was..oh well..it is rare but you should still keep injecting your baby with the shot that is putting her into seizures! Well nothing is rare when your baby looks like she is dying..it becomes VERY real.

The whole point of this book is to inform the parent so THEY can make the decision, not the drug companies, not the state, not schools, and not pediatricians...I personally like the parent to have this freedom of choice with some education behind the choice whichever it is.

While I agree with some others that the premise for this book on vaccines is biased against allopathic medicine, I found this book to be a good resourse. I found another reviewer's comment implying that the author is not a "real" doctor to be somewhat offensive. Naturopaths and OMD's alike are an important part of integrative medicine. There are lessons to be learned from the hollistic medical perspective. But this is a useless, silly argument to have with those who choose not to investigate the other options available.
This book is very well researched and confirmed my nagging suspicions that the vaccination industry is not free of corruption -- that money has played a large role in the vaccine 'push'. Even with this author's clear bias, he provides very good, very thorough information about each disease. This information is not biased and is really helping us to decide what (and when), if any, vaccinations we will give to our child. Also helpful is the outlining of a parent's legal rights should they choose not to vaccinate their child. All in all a great book, however I am planning on reading other books on the subject before we make any decisions.

This guy simply does not know what he's talking about. Having read some of the scientific articles the author sites, I am disgusted with his lack of comprehension. Like other conspiracy theorists, he takes a few out of context factoids and stretches them to fit his ideas.

This is a good bookwith a good start for parents to get there hands on to help inform and prepare them to make a good decision. It is easy to read and full of facts and some opinions and experiences. This is a good book to read but if you want scientific data presented on BOTH sides of the issue, with point and counter point facts then read Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective? By Neil Z. Miller. If you are going to read multiple books be sure to pick up The Vaccine Guide: Risks and Benefits but if you are only going to read one book make it Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective.

This book does what others don't. Most books and articles offer opinions. This book provides logical discussion with verifiable sources of all data and studies quoted. Writing is clear, comprehensive, and balanced. Read the book, verify the sources if you like, then come to your own conclusions.