

Bad Advice
Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
Author: Paul A. Offit, MD
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 01/30/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Health & Fitness, Medical, Public Health
Synopsis
In Bad Advice, 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. Bad Advice 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.