A Shot in the Dark by H. Coulter Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of A Shot in the Dark
Book Review: They took a shot in the dark---and missed!
Summary: 1 Stars
This badly outdated book was written by two people who have no training in either science or medicine. I took some time reading this book and even went to the trouble of looking up some of the authors' references. I found that in a number of instances, the cited references which the authors claim "prove" their allegations of the harmfulness of whole-cell pertussis vaccine do nothing of the sort. Cited information is taken out of context and used to suit the authors' foregone conclusion--namely, that vaccines are bad. The authors even try to make the case that pertussis (whooping cough) is not such a bad disease anyway, a claim easily debunked by anyone who has had or witnessed this disease.As a registered nurse, I found a number of the anecdotes describing stories of various vaccine injuries do not make sense medically. They simply don't have the ring of truth, and of course, there is no way for the reader to verify any of the anecdotal information.
Anyone predisposed to think that vaccines are fundamentally harmful and there is a great consipiracy to kill children through mass vaccination will find this book fascinating, since the authors share that view. However, for the average parent who simply wants straightforward and honest information on vaccines, this book is definitely not what the doctor ordered.
Book Review: This book should be required reading for parents
Summary: 5 Stars
When I read A Shot in the Dark I was both saddened and enraged. Saddened because I have a vaccine-damaged child and enraged that the government, the medical establishment, and pharmaceutical companies use our children as guinea pigs. This is one of the most well-researched books I have ever read and I strongly urge any person who has received vaccines themselves or has children (or intends to have children) to read this book and investigate this issue for themselves. I only wish I had access to this book before my daughter was born.Book Review: Vaccination or no?
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is frightening, riveting, heartbreaking and horrifying. It tells of knowledge the medical community should be passing onto parents of newborns faced with vaccinations of all types, particularly the DPT vaccine, which is responsible for permanent neurological damage from moderate to severe, even death that can be attributed with documentation to the "P" portion of the vaccine. Because of the pharmaceutical companies grasp on an ever-replenishing financial base of newborns to be vaccinated, more and more vaccines, some (DPT) not fully tested. This book is the information we all require to make an informed choice about vaccination, even in the face of government mandates!Book Review: Voice of Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a real sanity check for me. As a small child, I had two bouts of mysterious convulsions followed by cessation of breathing. Just as in the book, doctors denied and concealed the facts about my reation to pertussis, but my parents were convinced that the vaccinations I had recieved were responsible and prevented me from being vaccinated in the future. A Shot in the Dark is probably the most important book parents or expecting parents can read to potentially save the life of their child. The information within has been almost completely surpressed by most pediatricians in the US. Each chapter left me more and more angry at what had happened to me and more and more informed for the first time about this dangerous vaccine. The book is fair and critical of the medical community and its research and accounts are sound and vivid. The authors themselves know of what they write and have made life work out of tragedy saving countless others from the same fate.
I consider myself lucky to be alive today, and this book has helped me understand my body and my current health better than ever before. It is also inspiring, and after reading it, if you are like me, you will spread the warning and demand more from our doctors.
Book Review: You got to be kidding me!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
There is a risk that comes with everything, even taking a peaceful walk in the woods, does that mean we shouldn't? Vaccines DO save lives, do some more research on real medical literature written by people more knowledgeable on the topic than the author. It is absolutely inconceivable, and egoistic not to vaccinate your children and it would prove to be a complete disaster in the long run. Talk to, see and stay with a person that has Diphtheria, Tetanus or Pertussis for a few moments before you make the decision. Trust me the diseases still exist and they will and might get back if people made the decision not to vaccinate and THAT is scary!