Book Review – Ideological Constructs of Vaccination. Mateja Cernic, PhD.
Reposted from Telegram channel – YumNaturals Emporium Amandha Vollmer, [08.09.21 14:40]
Vega Press Ltd, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-909736-10-8
Softcover, 479 pages, available here: https://www.amazon.com/Ideological-constructs-vaccination-Mateja-Cernic/dp/1909736104/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515684479&sr=8-1&keywords=ideological+constructs+of+vaccination
There are many books describing the problems linked to vaccination. Most of them present good information but are quite limited in scope or focused on a few methodologies of research and very argumentative, I would even say emotional, with good reasons.
Mateja Cernic’s book presents most if not all different ways to look at vaccination. Although her own final opinion and frustration with the system surfaces at times, her use of the freely available scientific material from the conventional medical world itself, from the manufacturers of vaccines, from the commercial aspect of vaccination, from the legal standing of different nations and from the reports provided by parents, medical practitioners, laboratories, autopsies and comments by highly regarded scientists provides the reader with an inescapable amount of cold, unemotional and objective information, which reveals the reality of a dark side of medicine none of us, healing professionals, is comfortable contemplating. It took me a long time reading her book: I could not stomach more than a few pages every day, asking myself “How is that possible? How did we allow this to happen?” Many times, my instinctive repulsion at the facts presented told me to close the book and not dwell deeper; and, fortunately, on the other hand, I had that compulsion to know and to understand.
To know a book you need to know its author. So I asked her. Mateja gave me permission to copy her answers:
“I got my PhD in sociology in 2014 at the School of Advanced Social Studies – SASS (Slovenia, EU). Since 2011, I have worked at the same faculty as an Assistant Lecturer covering various subjects. My main research interests lie in the areas of power, control, ideologies and discourses in everyday life and medicine.” This book is the extended version of her PhD thesis.
“As for what triggered my interest in researching vaccines: I became interested in the topic in 2006 when I bought my mare Dasha. I had no previous knowledge or opinion about vaccination; I have even vaccinated my mare twice. I didn’t even know that this is a hot topic. However, when I bought Dasha, I immersed myself in researching how to best care for her (at that time, I had enough time, enthusiasm and money to dedicate to her). I studied everything, diet, hoof care, gear, stabling, healing, etc. etc. Naturally, the topic of vaccination eventually popped up. I bought my first “anti-vaccine” book (from Catherine O’Driscoll, what vets don’t tell you about the vaccines) and the rest is history. I then started to truly research vaccination, buying more and more books, reading articles, etc. I never had illusions about the system (medical or other), but I didn’t expect such a pile of lies, such manipulation, censorship, repression. I kept digging and of course, I couldn’t keep quiet about the horrors of vaccination. I just HAD TO write, talk and educate about it. It was a perfect theme for a doctoral dissertation, as I could really dedicate myself to researching it. I also wanted to show that “anti-vaccine” stance is scientifically sound, that anti-vaxxers aren’t a bunch of crazy hippie mums and Google doctors. I also had more personal reasons to pick that theme for the dissertation. Once I have realized how horrendous and damaging vaccines really are, I wanted to be prepared as best as I could to fight the system. I didn’t have children at the time (my daughter was born a year after I got my PhD), but I wanted to be equipped with as much knowledge as possible so that I would be able to fight doctors, inspectors, courts, etc., to be able to protect my child. And also to be 100% sure what a right decision is. So, this book is primarily written for me, for my personal needs. It is my handbook and my weapon.
