Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy, took part in an online Q & A with Talk about Autism on 15 August 2012. He answered your questions about the history of the autism and MMR vaccine debate. Seth is the Co-Director of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing. His most recent book, The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy, was one of The Wall Street Journal‘s Top Five Health and Medicine books of 2011 and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Read the transcript from the Q & A

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