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The Panic Virus infects New Haven: Seth Mnookin at Yale, 2/17

Explore Seth Mnookin's book detailing the debunked autism-vaccine link and its impact on science and public health.

Written byCarl Zimmer

2011-02-11T00:46:43 | 1 min read

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Seth Mnookin has written an important book chronicling one of the most tragic blasts of anti-science in memory: the fraud that was the autism-vaccine link. I asked Seth to come to Yale to talk about

The Panic Virus

, and he'll be there on Thursday, February 17. Here are the details: February 17, 4 pm Morse College Master's Tea Morse College Master's House, 304 York Street, New Haven

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