{"product_id":"vaccinated-one-mans-quest-to-defeat-the-worlds-deadliest-diseases","title":"Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Medical writing at its finest.\"David Oshinsky  author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughsvaccinationsand the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide. This edition includes a new foreword by the author. Maurice Hillemans mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister was stillborn. Believing that he had escaped an appointment with death  he made it his lifes work to see that others could do the same. The fruits of his labors were nine vaccines that practically every child receives  everyday miracles of modern medicine that have eradicated some of the most commonand devastatingdiseases  including mumps and rubella. Offit  a vaccine researcher himself who co-invented the rotavirus vaccine  befriended Hilleman and  during the great mans final months  interviewed him extensively about his life and career. Those conversations are the heart of Vaccinated. In telling Hillemans story  Offit takes us around the globe and across time  from the days of Louis Pasteur  to today  when a childhood vaccine can protect women from cervical cancer and stop a deadly pandemic like Covid-19. Yet these preventative treatments have come under increasing attack from both the left and right  and the anti-vaxxer movement that began with false reports over autism is growing at an alarming rate  threatening societys well-being  and especially those whose conditions prevent them from being vaccinated. Offit makes an eloquent and compelling case for Hillemans importance  arguing that his name should be as well-known as Jonas Salk. Vaccinated reminds us of the value of vaccines and the power of science to save lives and protect our well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946405720117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061227951","price":26.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061227950.jpg?v=1769947307","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vaccinated-one-mans-quest-to-defeat-the-worlds-deadliest-diseases","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}