The hysteria over the swine-flu vaccine—and not just the virus itself—is a public health disaster and the latest example of America’s irrational thinking, says Michael Specter.
Michael Specter writes about science and global public health for The New Yorker. His new book, Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives, has just been published by The Penguin Press.