“In spring 2016, Burioni sat down, fired up his laptop and began debunking anti-vaccination conspiracy theories on his public Facebook page.” Time
“In a world overflowing with dangerous lies it is important to know the truth in order to combat obscurantism.”
A child dies from otitis treated with homeopathy instead of antibiotics. A woman succumbs to a melanoma because instead of an oncologist she relied on the German New Medicine. A child whose parents were against vaccines barely survives a tetanus infection. And then there are the patients deceived by the Stamina method stem-cell treatment and the Di Bella cancer cure… In his new book Roberto Burioni defends science, experimental tests, and precise data by closely examining ten dangerous lies that jeopardize our health, that of our children, and the whole community – because in the medical field, fake news can kill, and it is a civic duty to unmask such false information.
Roberto Burioni
Roberto Burioni, born in Pesaro, is a medical doctor: after a Ph.D in Microbiological Sciences, he specialized in Clinical Immunology. Since 2004 he is Professor of Microbiology and Virology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, where he is in charge of an immunological research laboratory. He is the author of numerous scientific works published by the most respected international journals and he is regularly invited to present the results of his research to the most important medical-scientific congresses around the world. In 2018, with some colleagues, he created Medical Facts, a web portal that posts news and comments on a variety of health issues. He published Il vaccino non è un’opinione. Le vaccinazioni spiegate a chi proprio non le vuole capire (2016), La congiura dei somari. Perché la scienza non può essere democratica (2017), Balle mortali (2018), Omeopatia. Bugie, leggende e verità (2019), Virus. La grande sfida (2020) and La formidabile impresa (2022).
- La formidabile impresa (The Formidable Endeavour)
- Virus. La grande sfida (Virus. The Great Challenge)
- Omeopatia. Bugie, leggende e verità (Homeopathy. Lies, myths and facts)
- Balle mortali (Deadly Lies)
- La congiura dei somari (The Conspiracy of Dunces)
“In spring 2016, Burioni sat down, fired up his laptop and began debunking anti-vaccination conspiracy theories on his public Facebook page.” Time