“Seth Mnookin’s The Panic Virus is a lesson how fear hijacks reason and emotion trumps logic. . . . A brilliant piece of reportage and science writing."
– Michael Shermer, The Wall Street Journal
"Mnookin deftly describes how the Internet has fostered new communities of people fiercely gathered around their own versions of truth. . . . Loaded with interesting anecdotes and historical tidbits, The Panic Virus is a fascinating read. The scope of the book is often impressive."
– Susannah Nesmith, The Miami Herald
"The Panic Virus is sure to attract attention. . . . Mnookin's book is an unsparing brief against the vaccine skeptics. But in a larger sense, this volume is less about the insurrection against inoculations than it is about the democratization of information. . . . Less about the contagion of ideas than about the contagion of misinformation and mistrust that metastasizes in the new technology."
– David M. Shribman, The Boston Globe
“A must-read for parents and parents-to-be.”
– Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune
“The definitive, infuriating history of the myth that vaccines cause autism.”
– Bill Wasik, The New York Observer