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The "Australian Vaccination Network", a criminal organization spreading lies, seeding hatred, harassing parents of victims of lethal diseases, crossed too many borders. Now politics has them on their radar. A fresh tweet by Barry O'Farrell, Premier Minister of New South Wales, Australia, states counter action is escalated now:

https://twitter.com/barryofarrell/status/339608475116109825

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more from Barry O'Farrell:
http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/


The media have more details:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-29/health-care-complaints-commission-investigation-into-australian/4721130?section=nsw

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Health care complaints commission investigates Australian Vaccination Network
By state political reporter Sarah Gerathy

Updated 59 minutes ago
Related Story: Childcare centres face fines for unvaccinated kids
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-28/childcare-centres-face-fines-for-enrolling-unvaccinated-children/4718026
Related Story: Unvaccinated children may face exclusion from care
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/the-nsw-government-is-considering-giving-power-to-child-care-ce/4700694

The New South Wales Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, has told State Parliament the Health Care Complaints Commission is launching an investigation into the anti-immunisation group, the Australian Vaccination Network.

The announcement came after the Opposition raised concerns that the AVN was using its Facebook page to encourage parents to join up to a religion, in order to avoid new State Government vaccination laws.

The laws mean unimmunised children will not be able to enrol at child care centres unless their parents have obtained a formal exemption from a GP, and childcare centres that enrol unvaccinated children could be fined up to $4,000.

This morning the AVN posted a message on its Facebook page, encouraging members to join a religion in order to gain exemption from the new vaccination laws the State Government announced yesterday.

The post suggested parents could qualify on religious grounds by joining the 'Church of Conscious Living'.

The Opposition's Dr Andrew McDonald raised the issue in Question Time.

"Minister, what steps will you take to close this loophole?" he said.

After her initial answer, The Health Minister Jillian Skinner later returned to give this update.

"I'm advised that the Health Care Complaints Commission will be launching an investigation into the AVN," she said.

If passed, the new vaccination laws come into effect next January.
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This is historical date, IF, at last, the insane religious exemption will be kicked. And it must be kicked to for once and all times crush criminal organizations like the "Australian Vaccination Network".

So, hats off to the New South Wales parliament. This is a day to mark in the calendar.

The problem with these releases is their lacking sufficient details. The Premier Minister's statement lacks mentioning the matter of religious exemption. The abc release lacks the pieces of proof. So here is the background facts. The larger picture of the goings-on in the Facebook site of the "Australian Vaccination Network" follows in a separate forums post, due to its size.

The last straw by Meryl Dorey and her gang was to publicly tell people to use the religious exemption  loophole:

Piece of proof. Harvested 18:38/ 29th. May 2013 / Australia

https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom

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Australian Vaccination Network
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The Church of Conscious Living - the tenets of this church absolutely oppose forced medication including vaccination - http://www.churchofcl.com/

For those who may not want to join the Church of Christian Science in order to get their children into preschool or childcare.
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Leanne Kent I am writing in support of some ethical standards here. Inventing your own church to exploit loopholes in legislation is not very principled is it folks?
1 · about an hour ago


Jo Martin So its ok not to vaccinate, but ok for strangers to look after your children?
1 · 41 minutes ago via mobile

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Please don't feed the trolls! Moderators, can I please ask you to delete and ban posts from SAVNites. We don't need their vile presence here. This is a page for AVN fans and only AVN fans.
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Josie McCondach, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity, Fiona Gray and 119 others like this.

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Barbara Lockwood It's devastating when people you love and admire have been brainwashed ! Very hard to deal with! Education is the only hope but talking to a closed mind is difficult ! I keep posting and hope for an awakening.
3 · 8 hours ago via mobile


Jared Capocchi Cannot wait until the government comes down hard on you guys spewing absolute garbage information into the world. disgusting
2 · 52 minutes ago

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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
21 hours ago

Now is the time for action. We have days at the most before the most horrendous discrimination becomes law in NSW. Please write, phone and visit your parliamentarians. If you are not in NSW, phone and write to your local parliamentarians because all states are watching and waiting to see what NSW does. And share this information with EVERYONE!

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1101800214009/archive/1113588127782.html

URGENT! NSW Parliament to legalise discrimination against the unvaccinated
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NSW Parliament to Legalise Discrimination and ban unvaccinated children from childcare and preschool!
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Piece of proof. Harvested 18:38/ 29th. May 2013 / Australia

https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom

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Nina Turner This is just insane, there would be an uproar if a child with a real condition, like HIV for example, was expelled from daycare or preschool. Yet our perfectly healthy children are going to be expelled from daycare and preschool and there isn't a peep of opposition.
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I need to ask everyone to please share this page with your friends, family and workmates. No discrimination against families - not in Australia - not EVER!!

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Kath Selby shared gympie:) cheers Meryl hope u all well xx
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Australian Vaccination Network
11 hours ago

The Church of Conscious Living - the tenets of this church absolutely oppose forced medication including vaccination - http://www.churchofcl.com/

 For those who may not want to join the Church of Christian Science in order to get their children into preschool or childcare.
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Michele Parsons, Laura Wolstencroft, Samantha Contri and 54 others like this.

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Leanne Kent I am writing in support of some ethical standards here. Inventing your own church to exploit loopholes in legislation is not very principled is it folks?
1 · about an hour ago


Jo Martin So its ok not to vaccinate, but ok for strangers to look after your children?
1 · 41 minutes ago via mobile

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Australian Vaccination Network
21 hours ago

Please don't feed the trolls! Moderators, can I please ask you to delete and ban posts from SAVNites. We don't need their vile presence here. This is a page for AVN fans and only AVN fans.
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Josie McCondach, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity, Fiona Gray and 119 others like this.

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Barbara Lockwood It's devastating when people you love and admire have been brainwashed ! Very hard to deal with! Education is the only hope but talking to a closed mind is difficult ! I keep posting and hope for an awakening.
3 · 8 hours ago via mobile


Jared Capocchi Cannot wait until the government comes down hard on you guys spewing absolute garbage information into the world. disgusting
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
21 hours ago

Now is the time for action. We have days at the most before the most horrendous discrimination becomes law in NSW. Please write, phone and visit your parliamentarians. If you are not in NSW, phone and write to your local parliamentarians because all states are watching and waiting to see what NSW does. And share this information with EVERYONE!

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1101800214009/archive/1113588127782.html

URGENT! NSW Parliament to legalise discrimination against the unvaccinated
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C Kim Stanford Shared this very undemocratic law!
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Kacia Kissick No Daisy, those that vaccinate their children are actually looking out for their best interests.

I don't smoke, I exercise and eat well. AND I vaccinate.
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Jane Hansen must be so proud!
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Karen Johnston they are only doing it for the reaction. Best to ignore them
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Effie Moraitis Klapsos Thank you for all the work you do for us Meryl to keep medical vilification illegal in this country. Keep up the hard work. We got your back !!!!
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Jane Hansen must be so proud!
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Kate Smith I felt sick reading those emails. Your child had a reaction and you decided to do something about it. Exactly what I would do too. My own mother rolls her eyes almost when I talk about health, vaccines and everything related. It's not because she doesn...See More
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If you live in Coogee NSW and would like to help the AVN with our efforts to oppose this up-coming legislation, can you please contact me by phone on 02 6687 1699 or by email info@avn.org.au? This is urgent.

 Thanks,
 Meryl
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7,005 signatures - yay! You people are the best. Please keep it going. Let's send a strong message that even those in parliament won't be able to ignore. Institutionalised segregation on the basis of vaccination status is illegal, immoral a...See More
Stop the vilification of parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccines
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The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney Australia and the other Australian papers owned by News Ltd, have started a campaign to force the government to make vaccination compulsory for preschool and childcare - a campaign which will eventually lead to compulsory vaccination for all school children an...
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Tracy Young Oh yes because my child is just a rithing mass of disease, ready to breathe all over yours...
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This is not the first time this article has been posted here, but it bears repeating - especially now that we are being told that our children are expendable in order to 'protect' those who are fully vaccinated yet somehow not protected:

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We are now only 14 signatures away from 7,000! Whoo-hoo! Can you help us reach that goal and further? Please sign and share if you haven't already.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_vilification_of_parents_whose_children_have_been_injured_or_killed_by_vaccines/

Stop the vilification of parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccines
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Kathy Matthew over 7000 now
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Truly disgusting behaviour. But then again, nothing that these trolls do surprises me any more.

http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/pro-vax-trolls-are-impersonating-disease-injured-families-on-comment-boards/#.UaLzp-sWEo6

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Jazzy Jazz as far as i can tell sylvia you probably have your hands in someones pockets which influences your opinion by $$ signs waved before your eyes
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Sunday


Just a quick reminder that our petition is still running. NSW Parliament will this week be considering a bill to legalise discrimination against unvaccinated children. This is the thin end of the wedge. NOW is the time for you to call your member of parliament's office and give them one simple message - nobody should be allowed to penalise a family that has made a legal decision not to vaccinate; there are no documented cases of outbreaks being started by unvaccinated childre...See More

Stop the vilification of parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccines
secure.avaaz.org
The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney Australia and the other Australian papers owned by News Ltd, have started a campaign to force the government to make vaccination compulsory for preschool and childcare - a campaign which will eventually lead to compulsory vaccination for all school children an...
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Sylvia Else Point 4 doesn't stand up. Infection with whoolping cough implies close proximity to someone who is infectious. You can't have a stable population that contains a large proportion of individuals who've had whooping cough, and are thus immune, while at t...See More
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Sylvia Else The first vaccine was for smallpox, but contained no smallpox itself. It was based on cowpox, after it had been observed that people who'd have cowpox did not get smallpox. Thus it is not true that a vaccine necessarily protects only against the organism it contains.
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Is anyone else having trouble watching jabbed? Image breaking up and no sound - not sure if it's just our area or if it's from SBS?
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Kirstie Thomas Lucky we live in a democracy and have a choice. Lucky the majority of people do immunise so that the majority can more safely not immunise. By the way, in said documentary, they explained that the child Luke was found to carry an epilepsy gene and that...See More
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The Healthy Elephant ...all depends on who their monetary supporters are... problem is the "oppressors" usually the ones with the money!
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 25


If you could share this blog post with your friends, social media sites and email contacts, I would be very grateful. We have to oppose media censorship and vilification and support those who are trying to make informed choices for their families.
 MD

http://nocompulsoryvaccination.com/2013/05/26/jane-hansen-and-the-daily-telegraph-stop-the-smear-campaign-and-tell-australian-parents-that-truth-for-once/

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Natalie Christie How rude of you to put the word journalist inside quotation marks. Just because you don't agree with her does not make her any less of a journalist.
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
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The Premier of NSW, Barry O'Farrell, stated on TV news as justification for wanting to pass legislation to legalise discrimination against healthy unvaccinated children, "you either question the science or you don't".

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Carrie Stevenson As usual the like button doesn't work when I agree with anti vax comments. Control much?!
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May 23


Please watch. Please share! Please let everyone know about the bastardry involved with covering up the links between vaccination and autism. It is now 1 child in 50! Are we going to wait until it's 1 child in 2 before the medical community sits up and takes notice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HYcxIrs4oyk

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Tara Hamilton No. Nay just came down with tummy flu. Uggg
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Christine Phethean Can you believe this? Social media is hurting poor little old Monsanto. How they squeal when the boot is on the other foot. http://www.infowars.com/monsanto-ceo-says-public-not-playing-fair/
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Australian Vaccination Network
May 23


When we see the government, medical organisations like the AMA and the media getting behind a push to legalise discrimination against any sector of society and to prevent anyone from asking scientific questions about medical procedures, we have to ask the questions - what are they so afraid of? What are they trying to hide?

 We want an open and honest conversation with medical authorities about th...See More
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Karen Adams as long as there are inclusions of issues arising from the unvaccinated children (whether too young, or chosen to be unvaccinated) affected by the diseases the vaccinated are protected from. I was 6weeks old when I caught whooping cough from unvaccinat...See More
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Sylvia Else There's a push to legislate to prevent anyone from asking scientific questions about medical procedures? I've not heard of any such.
20 hours ago


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 22


I love it! Good on you Elaine Hollingsworth! No Jab? That's OK! Please sign this petition.

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australian-federal-state-governments-do-not-legislate-compulsory-vaccinations

Australian Federal & State Governments: Do not legislate compulsory vaccinations
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COMPULSORY MASS MEDICATION HAS NO PLACE IN AUSTRALIA "The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin." Proposed changes...
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Amber Dwyer, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity, This page is censored, visit stopavn.com for the full story and 155 others like this.

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Robyn Bonnie Nelson Well how about nurses no jab no job, and its spreading to otber professions. I know fully this has happened i am a nurse, a
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Lynn Nerdal I did not return to nursing for that very reason Robyn Bonnie Nelson! No jabs for me!
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 22


Fantastic work, Judy Wilyman! Why is it that WA is willing to let people see both sides but the East Coast and the rest of the country is suppressing open and transparent debate on this issue. Bravo to GWN7 News - and thumbs down the rest of you lot!

 MD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s3lai8RUQ3k#!

Low vaccination rates GWN7 News 21 May 2013
Not enough children in Western Australia are being immunised prompting a new government initiative to inform parents of the benefits. Doctors stress the impo...
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Kate Smith Did anyone's heart break when the baby was injected? All I could think was bring on the autoimmune diseases! Good on you Judy!
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Amalia Smith How is this person allowed on the news spreading all these truths?  Yay for Judy and her message of good hygiene and good nutrition
5 · May 23 at 4:00am via mobile


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 22


For those looking for the list of parliamentarians so they can write their own letters, I have uploaded the post below to the nocompulsoryvaccination blog and the list is there as an attachment to download. If you get a warning about the li...See More

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The following letter was sent today to every member of the NSW Parliament. I have removed the list of signatures though they would be publicly accessible, I expect. I have also left the petition up...
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Amber Dwyer, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity, This page is censored, visit stopavn.com for the full story and 35 others like this.

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Lucia Guzzardi Done!!! I am sure I have doubled up one or two with my postal letters but I guess atleast they will have more chance of being read!
1 · May 23 at 5:06am


Australian Vaccination Network please if at all possible, cc me on your emails to parliamentarians at info@avn.org.au (one only - if they are all the same) and if you post letters (great - they will have a much better effect!) can you send me a copy of one of them too - just scan it...See More
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 22


The following letter was sent today to every member of the NSW Parliament. I have removed the list of signatures though they would be publicly accessible, I expect. I have also left the petition up and open for signatures. If you would like to forward this letter and the petition link - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_vilification_of_parents_whose_children_have_been_injured_or_killed_by_vaccines/ to friends, family, workmates, anyone, that would be great. It wou...See More

Stop the vilification of parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccines
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The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney Australia and the other Australian papers owned by News Ltd, have started a campaign to force the government to make vaccination compulsory for preschool and childcare - a campaign which will eventually lead to compulsory vaccination for all school children an...
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Udruga Hepatos - Podružnica Zagreb, Riikka Kuronen, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity and 77 others like this.

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Olicha Harris Signed today and sent email to all my friends.....
1 · May 23 at 6:20pm via mobile

Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 21


The Health Minister in WA has already announced that he will follow NSW in trying to make vaccination compulsory for preschool and childcare. It isn't OK to discriminate on the basis of disability, race, religion or for any other reason. Bu...See More

NSW Government to punish unvaccinated children-Coming soon to a State near you
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Legislation to ban unvaccinated children Today, the Opposition Leader in NSW Parliament will be introducing a bill which aims to openly discriminate against your children and mine. He will most lik...
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Amanda Cook, Don't leave your child at risk of disease through your stupidity, This page is censored, visit stopavn.com for the full story and 91 others like this.

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Zorana McDavitt It's because being disabled, being a different race or religion ISN'T CONTAGIOUS!!! Using these as a comparison shows your ignorance.
3 · Sunday at 9:11pm via mobile


Michele Gregory Chicken Pox outbreak shows 97percent were VACCINATED.What does this tell us,the Phamic dont care!!!!!!
Monday at 4:12pm


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 21


The monitoring system mentioned below:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70108-7/fulltext

http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/index.html

 SB

Measuring vaccine confidence: analysis of data obtained by a media surveillance system used to analy
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Measuring vaccine confidence: analysis of data obtained by a media surveillance system used to analyse public concerns about vaccines. By - Dr Heidi J Larson PhD, David MD Smith DPhil, Pauline Pate...
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Lynn Nerdal I think that is fairly conclusive evidence right there Anita Bugges, and of course none of us are willing to offer our children up as guinea pigs for that kind of research, we'll just keep protecting them like we do, without any shots at all!
1 · May 24 at 1:30am


Lynn Nerdal Have to ask who DOES provide the human guinea pigs for this kind of research???? Was it the money? Was it ignorance? I guess we'll never know, but their babies died
1 · May 24 at 1:31am


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 20



Monitoring system to globally track false social media claims on dangers of vaccines
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SPURIOUS and unscientific claims about the dangers of vaccines can now be tracked as soon as they appear on social media around the world.
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Melanie Gates-Manar Noam Chomsky: "Moreover, the institutions of the transnational state largely serve other masters, as state power typically does; in this case, the rising transnational corporations in the domains of finance and other services, manufacturing, media and ...See More
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Sara Montague Andre the problem with that question is that most of them, GP's anyway, can honestly say they aren't benefiting financially; as the Medicines Australia regulator has cracked down on most of the 'gifts' they are given. But they are still fed rubbish, bi...See More
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 20


The major pharmaceutical companies pay tens of billions of dollars in fines for killing people through their greed and corruption. None of their CEOs go to prison and they consider this nothing more than the cost of doing business. How many...See More

GSK fined over vaccine trials; 14 babies reported dead - BuenosAiresHerald.com
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GlaxoSmithKline Argentina Laboratories Company was fined 400,000 pesos by Judge Marcelo Aguinsky following a report issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) for irregularities during lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008 that allegedly ki...
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Greg Buchanan Maybe, Noelene, when it happens to one of their own they might have a change of tune. Out of sight out of mind as you know ...
1 · May 20 at 7:09pm


Adrian McRae Sadly Greg, many of those in the "know" wont even vaccinate their children. Even Obama would not allow his daughters to be vaccinated with the HPV vaccine after recommending (and pushing) it to every school aged girl in the USA
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 20


Our petition will be sent to selected NSW parliamentarians and the Editor of the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday morning which means there is only a short time left to sign and share this with your friends, family and others. Can you help us to get to 7,500 signatures? With compulsory vaccination on the agenda, we need everyone to sign this and let our parliament know that medical vilification and forced medication are not things that democratically-elected officials should ever consider.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_vilification_of_parents_whose_children_have_been_injured_or_killed_by_vaccines/

Stop the vilification of parents whose children have been injured or killed by vaccines
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The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney Australia and the other Australian papers owned by News Ltd, have started a campaign to force the government to make vaccination compulsory for preschool and childcare - a campaign which will eventually lead to compulsory vaccination for all school children an...
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Karen Johnston why not send petition to all parliamentarians?
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Australian Vaccination Network
May 19


If you happen to be awake at 6 am AEST, you can listen live. If not, the archived version will be found at the link below.

 The guest is Meryl Dorey, former director of the Australian Vaccination Network. Meryl will speak to a mainstream Australian newspaper's characterization of unvaccinated kids as pariahs, unfit to attend public events; and to apparent moves in the Australian legislature to int...See More
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Matriarch Phoenix The little two year old twin killed by flu vax and the hundreds of others it maimed is enough.
3 · May 20 at 4:49am via mobile


David Whitehouse Here you go Alex. If your still waiting for a bite. vaccineinfo.net/immunization/injury/autism/DanishMMRAutismStudy.shtml . I post this as I am sure you are not a troll just ooking for an argument.
1 · May 20 at 5:06am via mobile


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 19


For those who believe the mainstream medical and pharmaceutical propaganda that Andrew Wakefield's article on gastrointestinal disorders, autism and vaccines was the first and only peer-reviewed paper on this subject, here is a list of othe...See More

Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s Interview on His MMR Study
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Dr. Andrew Wakefield shares about his controversial MMR study, which discusses the gut-brain connection and the safety of a number of childhood vaccines.
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Sylvia Else Was the"fake fb name" a reference to me? I post under my real name. I always have.
May 24 at 6:37pm


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 19


Well, the media showed their true and consistent colours tonight. Channels 9, 7 and the ABC all interviewed Tasha David, one of our list members and the mother of 8 children - 6 of whom are vaccine injured. Not one of them mentioned her chi...See More

Push to ban unvaccinated school kids - Yahoo!7 News
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A new push is underway to ban children from pre-schools if their parents to refuse to have them vaccinated.
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Martina McNeill Bring on the yellow stars folks... Nice to see we've come a long way from fear and ignorance (not). Soon we'll be excluding children from schools, playgrounds, cinemas, the list goes on....
May 20 at 4:04pm


Jennifer Power They'll need door monitors to check everybody who passes into the inner sanctum...
1 · May 20 at 11:55pm


Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 14


we are only 70 signatures away from 4,000! - can you please help us to reach this milestone by signing (if you haven't already) and forwarding it to your facebook, twitter and email friends (if you haven't already). If you are a practitioner or have a business or if you have a newsletter list, can you please consider asking your clients / customers to sign this? Also, you do NOT need to be in Australia to sign - anyone can sign :-)

 Thanks all,
 Meryl

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_vilification_of_parents_whose_children_have_been_injured_or_killed_by_vaccines/
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_vilification_of_parents_whose_children_have_been_injur
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Katie FitzSimons-mcintyre 5010 signatures.
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Annika Robertson 5393 signatures
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Australian Vaccination Network shared a link.
May 14


Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism - What is happening in Oz is part of a coordinated global campaign. http://ow.ly/l0KtQ

Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
Public access to vaccine risk information is being restricted and vaccine injuries and deaths covered up. NVIC President, Barbara Loe Fisher's...
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Ignaz Amrein What I can't understand in this debate, why are people who vaccinate themselves and their children angry about people who don't? If they really trust the effectiveness of those vaccines they are protected against catching all these diseases, end of story!
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Megan Tyers Ms Fisher is an amazing woman. She speaks so well, so strongly and doesn't allow the other side to get away with BS claims and behaviour. What a legend.
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Australian Vaccination Network
May 14


Dear skeptics. Spam the page and you get banned. You really need only make a post once, not repeatedly. RR
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Wysteria Rock Except we're not trying to pass any laws forcing people to NOT vaccinate.
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Inoculating Against Vaccine Fears? Propaganda at its 'finest' and don't worry about privacy-you won't have any! http://ow.ly/kXU5n

Inoculating Against Vaccine Fears?
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A new surveillance tool might help immunize communities against vaccine scares, researchers reported.
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Noelene Fraser Kate Smith, may I copy and paste your post to my page please? Or if you'd prefer private msg me where you found your info. Cheers
1 · May 16 at 3:48am via mobile


Australian Vaccination Network
May 13


Statement by the 'Hon' Paul Green, a registered nurse member of the NSW Parliament, commenting on why the AVN needs to be silenced. Read this and realise what our opposition is all about:

 “… I can remember immunising my own child but my wife would not let me do any more of our children after that. It is such a cute moment when the needle goes through the fatty thighs of a two-month old child. It is like a hot knife through butter as the needle slides in so sweetly.”

 This is not made up. You could not MAKE this up. He really said it...

http://nocompulsoryvaccination.com/2013/05/13/what-do-members-of-the-nsw-parliament-know-about-the-avn/
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Kate Moore Can you bring this comment to media attention (obviously not Murdoch)?
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Jodie Barendsen Kate here's a direct link to the health amendment, it's the transcript of the debate, scroll down till you see his name, and no this comment hasn't been taken out of context, you can read it for yourself http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20130508043?open&refNavID=HA8_1
Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - 08/05/2013 - 2R 3R (Proof) - NSW Parliament
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Here is the latest news on that:

"The Immunisation Debate" - Greens Senator Dr Richard Di Natale speaks about the Australian Vaccination Network, and why it should be disbanded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOeScS4hJV0

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What excuse will Meryl Dorey tell the judge for her unbelievable public attack on Jillian Skinner, the Minister for Health?

Politics must react now.

https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom/posts/10151834211771925

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Australian Vaccination Network Oh, and if you can copy your letter to the carers to the NSW Premiere and our piss-ass poor excuse for a Minister for Health too, that would be great:

Barry O'Farrell, Premiere - http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/contact-premier-new-south-wales

Jillian Skinner - Minister for 'Health' - feedback@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

And if you can copy your emails to me at info@avn.org.au, that would be great. Give them a piece of your mind - it's probably very rare that they get to hear from anyone with any intelligence - especially if they have been dealing with SAVN for long!

MD

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Gemma Starr These idiots have no common sense or ethics for that matter (attempting to force parents to give their child medicines!). No child should be excluded from childcare unless they are sick which is common sense anyhow! Being healthy + not immunised poses no probs at all!
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Blimey, the Meryl Dorey cracks the nut-gone records.



https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom/posts/10151834211771925

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Australian Vaccination Network · 6,822 like this
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We all knew this would happen - we predicted it. but it is a prime example of what is wrong with NSW and our government! There is NO support from personal opinion. There is NO support for informed choice. There is NO support for our right to access both sides of a scientific debate. And there is OPEN and UNABASHED support for censorship and suppression. If you have 2 minutes, could you please drop a note of support to the Carer's at info@workingcarers.org.au

 How DARE the government be at the beck and call of the skeptics and their big pharma sponsors? Do we live in a free country or not? Below is the link to the medical observer article.

http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/news/community-health-group-told-to-remove-nsw-health-logo

 And for those who hadn't read the original article, here is a link -

http://www.workingcarers.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1528%3Anew-vaccination-rules-for-nsw-child-care-centres&catid=93%3Alife&Itemid=367&acm=909_68
Community health group told to remove NSW Health logo
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A NSW government-funded community health group encouraging parents to get advice from the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) will be asked to remove the NSW Health logo from its website after the department said it had ended its association with it.
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Australian Vaccination Network Oh, and if you can copy your letter to the carers to the NSW Premiere and our piss-ass poor excuse for a Minister for Health too, that would be great:

Barry O'Farrell, Premiere - http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/contact-premier-new-south-wales

Jillian Skinner - Minister for 'Health' - feedback@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

And if you can copy your emails to me at info@avn.org.au, that would be great. Give them a piece of your mind - it's probably very rare that they get to hear from anyone with any intelligence - especially if they have been dealing with SAVN for long!

MD

Contact the Premier of New South Wales | NSW Premier
www.premier.nsw.gov.au
Barry O?Farrell is committed to establishing an open and accessible Government.

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Gemma Starr These idiots have no common sense or ethics for that matter (attempting to force parents to give their child medicines!). No child should be excluded from childcare unless they are sick which is common sense anyhow! Being healthy + not immunised poses no probs at all!
6 · 8 hours ago via mobile


Rebecca D Wennerbom Well to be fair, those who are awake have come to associate 'government health' with poor health.
I tend to avoid government 'health' recommendations like the plague (i.e. margarine, fluoride, vaccines, commercial sunscreen, unnecessary dental x-rays).
Obesity is rife in the mainstream health profession, which is another reason why these are the last losers I'd rely on for accurate health info.
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Cathie Devery Murray NSW government are a bunch of cronies. My heart goes out to all of you calling that state home. Today I am glad I reside in QLD.
5 · 7 hours ago


Amylyn MissCherry Barrington The thing is, if it's starting to happen there, what's going to happen to the rest of the state's?  I'm from America originally, & I have to admit how disgusted I am with America & the way they handle vaccines & medicine. When I came to Australia & later had children, I can't even begin to describe how proud I was of the personal choice & freedom we have here, especially when it comes to our own families! But the more & more all this pops up into the news, the more I feel like it's slipping away from us...
9 · 7 hours ago via mobile


Michelle Dixon It say "A further exception is provided for where the parent has a conscientious belief that vaccination should not take place, and an authorised practitioner certifies that they have explained the benefits and risks associated with immunisation to the parent and have informed the parent of the potential danger if a child is not immunised"

Does that mean conscientious objections still exist?
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Robert Krastic Yes Michelle Dixon my understanding of that paragraph is that conscientious objection is still valid.
1 · 6 hours ago via mobile


Michelle Dixon That's what I thought too but other articles just mention medical. So really the only difference is now you have to provide the centre a copy of it. Im in SA so it doesn't effect me at the moment (hopefully never will).
6 hours ago via mobile


Sandra Sanderson The dogmatic brigade are tweeting the Premier. But that's how they work. Too cowardly to let people hold different opinions. And so confident of their science that they must ridicule anyone who dares to speak out. And they wonder why some are starting to see Science as the new evangelical religion - intolerant and bullies.
3 · 6 hours ago


Brent Prudhomme Get a Tattoo of the logo on your bottom take a picture and send it to them, maybe they will get the point.
6 hours ago


Papa Sean The question is to what depths do they plan on calling for. Forced vaccinations sounds paranoid yet I have heard many call for it. For the sake of the children of course. Interesting times. Thanks avn for your work
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Willow Harper THIS is outRAGEOUS! Who is reely behind this, i wonder??
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For how many years now is the vile criminal Meryl Dorey active and for how many years does she cause misery and death to children!? Why don't politicians stop her? Why don't courts stop her?

The whole country is a disaster. It is such a shame. It is murder.


Do not forget Dana. She is dead.



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https://www.facebook.com/peter.bowditch/posts/10152264222729822?stream_ref=10

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Open Letter to Meryl Dorey

Peter Bowditch
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Open letter to Meryl Dorey (and if this post triggers a Facebook ban, we will know that hypocrisy has been turned up to 11):

Dear Ms Dorey,

For the last two days at least, scurrilous comments about me have been appearing on the AVN's Facebook page. Today I find that you have escalated this by publishing a blog post about me and then publicising it on the AVN's Facebook page, the AVN's Yahoo! email list, Twitter, and the Facebook page of Stop the AVN (where you are free to post, of course).

Apart from the last of these, I have no right of reply because I am blocked. It seems quite hypocritical to address questions to me, as you did in the blog post, without giving me any opportunity to respond, particularly as you are claiming that I won't debate you. It also seems strange that you would be so eager to appear on stage with me despite wasting fifty-four weeks of my life with your ridiculous and fruitless attempt to abuse the court system by trying to have an AVO placed on me.

If you are so eager for constructive debate then you should allow me to participate in debate, and immediately unblock me from all AVsN blogs, the Facebook page, and Twitter, and allow me to subscribe to your email list at Yahoo!. Not to do all of these things, without exception, would suggest that any commitment you claim to have to freedom of speech or open debate is ephemeral, if it exists at all, and must expose you to accusations of hypocrisy. I look forward to joining the discussion in all of these forums tomorrow.

Please note that I will not be complaining to Facebook about people using my name. That is the action of cowards and censors and I am neither.

As you claim to also block emails from me, I am treating this as an open letter. It will be published on my Facebook wall, on the Stop the AVN Facebook page, my website and personal blog, and anywhere else I think fit.

Simon Vincent, Scotty Harrison, Jamie Peck and 8 others like this.
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http://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/Publications/Media-releases/2014/Warning-about-the-Australian-Vaccination-skeptics-Network--Inc---AVN----formerly-known-as-Australian-Vaccination-Network-Inc-

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Public statement – warning about the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, Inc. (‘AVN’), formerly known as Australian Vaccination Network Inc.
30 Apr 2014

The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has completed an investigation into the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, Inc. (‘AVN’), formerly known as Australian Vaccination Network Inc and under section 94A(1) of the Health Care Complaints Act has decided to make the following public statement and warning.

AVN was established in 1994 in New South Wales by a group of people concerned about the lack of scientifically-based information cautioning against vaccination. AVN states on its website that the government and the medical community, in general, “exaggerate the safety and benefit profiles of vaccinations whilst downplaying their risks.” AVN states it was formed with the purpose of:

    providing medically-referenced information on vaccine safety and effectiveness
    lobbying to ensure that vaccinations are never made compulsory for Australian children
    supporting those who have chosen not to vaccinate or to vaccinate selectively.

AVN disseminates information to the public via a variety of mediums. These include its website, www.avn.org.au, the magazine entitled ‘Living Wisdom’ (which ceased publication in January 2013), its Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube. Meryl Dorey, the former President, has also held a number of radio interviews.

The Commission investigated whether information published and disseminated by AVN may be misleading or inaccurate. The investigation focussed on information provided on AVN’s website and some information disseminated on AVN’s Facebook page.

The investigation found that AVN provides information on vaccination that is misleading to the average reader because it is either incorrect, inaccurately represented or because it has been taken out of context. Specifically:

    AVN makes specific assertions about the efficacy of the Gardasil vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). It states that:
        the connection between HPV and cervical cancer is tenuous at best and incomprehensive at worst
        the vaccine contains only four of the 100 strains of HPV and therefore its use is a “shot in the dark”
        it is an experimental vaccine with no proven record of safety or effectiveness.
    AVN does not qualify that:
        Gardasil contains the four strains of HPV that have the greatest potential to cause cancer
        the link between HPV and cervical cancer has been established beyond reasonable doubt
        significant research went into assessing the probable safety and efficacy of Gardasil before it was ever used in humans
        since its use, extensive worldwide data on its safety and efficacy has been collected supporting its safety.

    AVN asserts that the pertussis vaccine used to prevent whooping cough cannot protect against a new strain of pertussis, and that 84% of cases in the community are caused by this new strain. Further, AVN claims that the administration of the new acellular vaccine sometimes requires surgery at the injection site and attributes this as the reason for the change in the vaccination schedule with the removal of the 18-month booster. It is incorrect to state that the vaccine cannot offer any protection against the new strain; and there is no evidence of severe local reactions to the administration of the acellular vaccine that requires surgical intervention at the injection site. Further, the removal of the 18-month booster dose from the vaccination schedule was based on a study that evidenced protection from pertussis was maintained until six years of age when the primary vaccine course is given at two, four and six months of age.

    In relation to Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTP) vaccines AVN asserts that “all whole cell DTP vaccines contain mercury in the form of thiomersal” and that it is one of the most toxic substances known to man and has been linked with autism. In the past, the whole cell DTP vaccine used in Australia did contain thiomersal, however even if the maximum possible number of doses were given, it is unlikely that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)  recommended limit of exposure per kilogram of body weight would have been exceeded. In 2012, the WHO’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety  reviewed available information on the safety of thiomersal and concluded that the levels of thiomersal attained in the body from cumulative doses of vaccines do not reach toxic levels, making a causal association between thiomersal in vaccines and autism implausible. Further, thiomersal is not present in any of the vaccines on the current National Immunisation Program for young children.

    AVN states that many of the Anti-D injections recommended for pregnant women with a negative blood group who have babies with a positive blood group, and that prevent the mother’s immune system from making antibodies to the baby’s positive cells thus preventing harm to the baby, contain thiomersal. They also state that late cord clamping and lotus birth minimises or completely eliminates the exchange of blood after birth. The Anti-D injections used in Australia are made from Australian plasma and are free from thiomersal. Further, late cord clamping and lotus birth do not completely eliminate the exchange of blood after birth; there can still be contamination of the maternal system by foetal blood. There is also an increased risk of post-partum haemorrhage and foetal jaundice.

    AVN provides links on its website to 68 journal studies that AVN states support the alleged vaccine/autism causation. However, the studies mostly describe an association between autism or other neurological disorders with vaccines or other environmental exposures, but they make no claim of causality. The subject of any link between vaccines and autism has been examined by a number of expert professional groups, including the Institute of Medicine , none of which have substantiated any link. A study carried out by the Institute of Medicine in 2011 rejects a causal relationship between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.

    AVN states that “vaccine ingredients” and “vaccines” have never been tested, either individually or in combination. This statement is incorrect as all vaccines available in Australia must pass stringent safety testing before being approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). This testing is required by law and is usually done over many years during the vaccine’s development. There is also ongoing review of both vaccine safety and efficacy through post-marketing clinical trials and surveillance of disease and vaccine adverse events. This includes multivalent vaccines and the administration of more than one vaccine at a time. Further, much of the understanding of the safety of vaccine components comes from the use of the components and their lack of association over many years with reported significant adverse events. For components such as mercury and aluminium, conservative safety limits at most ages have been published by a number of reputable agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (USA) and the WHO. 

    AVN uses data from the United States Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) on its website, without qualifying that no cause-and-effect relationship has been established. This is because VAERS collects data on any adverse event following vaccination and it is specifically stated that any report of an adverse event to VAERS is not a causal link that a vaccine caused the event.

    On the AVN website there is the headline ‘Nurses don’t trust vaccines’, under which an article from the Vaccine journal about a study conducted into the low rates of vaccinations among nurses who treat infants is referenced . AVN summarised the study conducted as conveying that a large number of nurses are saying no to vaccination because they don’t trust the way in which vaccines have been promoted. The study was performed on a small group of 25 nurses in Israel. Due to the small sample size and unique context under which the study was conducted, the results cannot be generalised without caution. The authors of the article “suggest” that low rates of vaccinations among nurses in Israel who treat infants are “embedded deep in the mistrust nurses have towards health authorities and the nurses’ desire for autonomy”.

Warning

The Commission has established that AVN does not provide reliable information in relation to certain vaccines and vaccination more generally. The Commission considers that AVN’s dissemination of misleading, misrepresented and incorrect information about vaccination engenders fear and alarm and is likely to detrimentally affect the clinical management or care of its readers.

Given the issues identified with the information disseminated by AVN, the Commission urges general caution is exercised when using AVN’s website or Facebook page to research vaccination and to consult other reliable sources, including speaking to a medical practitioner, to make an informed decision.

The Commission has recommended that AVN amend its published information with regard to the above issues and the Commission will monitor the implementation of these recommendations.
Further Information

Read the related media release.

For further information, contact the the Health Care Complaints Commission on 9219 7444 or send an email to media@hccc.nsw.gov.au.

The information in this media release is correct at the time of publication. Orders may change; for example, conditions may no longer apply. For current information, please contact the Commission.

Footnotes:

1.  WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

2. GACVS was established in 1999 by the World Health Organisation to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues of potential global importance. Its members are acknowledged experts from around the world in the fields of epidemiology, statistics, paediatrics, internal medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, infectious diseases, public health, immunology and autoimmunity, drug regulation and safety.

3. The United States Institute of Medicine is an independent, non-profit organisation that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision-makers and the public. It was established in 1970 and it is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.

4. Baron-Epel et al. (2012). What lies behind the low rates of vaccinations among nurses who treat infants? Vaccine, 30, 3151-3154.

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Meryl Dorey, notorious liar and criminal, attacks Peter Bowditch. Peter's reply I posted. This now is what the Dorey criminal had written before:

http://nocompulsoryvaccination.com/2014/05/05/are-you-brave-enough-to-follow-through-peter-bowditch/

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Are you brave enough to follow through, Peter Bowditch?

This entry was posted on May 5, 2014, in Accountability, AVN, Medical Bully-Boys and tagged Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, bullying, cowards, dishonesty, NSW Skeptics, Peter Bowditch, SAVN, Stop the AVN, Vaccination Debate. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments

BowditchAs you have read on this page, the deadline for someone to come forward and debate me is coming up. It is this Friday, the 9th of May.

After writing my blog article, The Great Vaccination Non-Debate, Peter Bowditch of the NSW Skeptics and a very active ‘contributor’ to their splinter group, Stop the AVN, posted the following comment to the AVN’s blog:

    “Please notify the organisers of the Healthy Lifestyles Expo that I was serious when I offered to debate you. Now that you are aware of this you can no longer claim that nobody from the sanity side of the non-debate is prepared to step up to the plate.

    “In case this comment doesn’t manage to get through moderation, a screen shot will be published on Twitter and Facebook.”

I instantly wrote back to Mr Bowditch, informing him that, as it said in the blog post, anyone who wanted to be involved in the debate should contact the organisers and let them know.

I did inform the organisers about Mr Bowditch’s offer to debate me and they sent him 2 invitations without getting any response. Let me repeat – as of this weekend, despite 2 written invitations in response to his offer to debate me at the You Can Heal Yourself Expo at the end of this month, Peter Bowditch, who made the offer of his own free will, has not responded.

What’s worse, he now appears to be trying to blame me for his failure to follow through on his promise to debate me. Yesterday, he sent the following tweet out to his followers:

Bowditch Debate

Apparently, he wants to make it appear that he was unaware of the venue of this debate and, now knowing it, he will no longer debate me.

But the truth is that the venue and all debate details were freely advertised and Mr Bowditch is the one who contacted me to say he wanted to debate.

Come on, Peter! I’m calling on you to either accept the invitation (which was sent at your request) or admit that you are too scared to debate me on this issue. You can’t have it both ways.

You are the one who accepted the challenge – and you are the one who has to follow through or admit that you are afraid to debate.



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12 thoughts on “Are you brave enough to follow through, Peter Bowditch?”

    Dawn Romeo says:   
    May 5, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    Peter Bowditch will not debate you. He is smart enough to know that he is not smart enough to debate you.

    Some years ago, I heard one medico, Dr Greg Wilcox (pro vaccines) debate the subject with Dr David Ritchie and then- medical doctor Giselle Cook (both opposing vaccines), and the crowd was appalled at the pro doctor’s doctor’s ignorance on the subject. His whole argument was that the Health Department’s would not do anything that would hurt us. After realizing he was punching way above his weight, Dr Wilcox actually apologized and stated to the audience he was not qualified to talk on vaccinations and would never debate the subject again. There were hundreds of people there and we still discuss the incident with many people to this day.

    Maybe another of the SAVN team will take up the offer- maybe John Cunningham or Danielle Raffaele – two of their main protagonists, but that just won’t happen. They are also smart enough to know they’re not smart enough to debate the issue. They are all talk, and hate talk at that!
     
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    Kelly M. Bray says:   
    May 5, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    How can he reply to you if he is banned from this forum? Why don’t you unban him and let him answer you?
     
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        nocompulsoryvaccination says:   
        May 5, 2014 at 1:01 pm

        Kelly, I think you might be a bit confused. Mr Bowditch has commented here. And he doesn’t need to answer me. He needs to do what he said – agree to debate me and contact the organisers to make the arrangements. Amazing how you sceptics like to deflect attention from the fact that Mr Bowditch said he wanted to debate me and then, when he was contacted to follow through, he went strangely silent. Perhaps, since you’re obviously so concerned with this, you should contact him and ask why he appears to be backing away from his challenge?
         
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            Kelly M. Bray says:   
            May 5, 2014 at 2:01 pm

            Is he banned right now?
             
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        Dusty says:   
        May 5, 2014 at 1:41 pm

        Kelly, did you not read this post? It includes a comment made previously by Peter Bowditch on this very blog! So how is he banned from this forum?
         
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    ned kelly says:   
    May 5, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    Does this peter bowditch claim any qualifications at all????/
     
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        nocompulsoryvaccination says:   
        May 5, 2014 at 1:01 pm

        I don’t believe he does, Ned. But then again, I don’t either – other than researching this issue for over 20 years, that is.
         
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    John Cunningham says:   
    May 5, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    So you’re not encouraging someone who you were so terrified of you took out an AVO on, to now stand on a stage with you? “You can’t have it both ways.”
     
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        nocompulsoryvaccination says:   
        May 5, 2014 at 12:24 pm

        It’s kind of you to be concerned for my safety, John. The organsers were too. For that reason, they have arranged for a separate venue for the debate and have provided security for this debate. I did not ask for this, but they are very well aware of the history of Mr Bowditch and his associates and felt that it would be prudent to be ready. Amazingly, nobody has ever felt the need to provide security because someone from the AVN was going to be speaking somewhere or attending an event. It is only the so-called Skeptics and members of Stop the AVN who have that effect.
         
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            Jimmy Anderson (@jimmy_anderson) says:   
            May 5, 2014 at 1:11 pm

            Can you elaborate on this separate venue? I was under the impression the debate would be at the expo itself?
             
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    sparklemoppet says:   
    May 5, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Hold on a minute. Weren’t you so scared of Mr Bowditch that you tried to take out an AVO against him? And yet here you are goading and taunting him to try and get him to debate you. Watch out that you don’t trip over your hypocrisy.
     
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        nocompulsoryvaccination says:   
        May 5, 2014 at 12:25 pm

        Thanks Linda Hilton. It seems that so many of you SAVN members are concerned about my wellbeing. I’m really grateful for your concern. If you read my answer to John Cunningham, above, I think you’ll see that I have nothing to fear from Mr Bowditch because security guards will be present.
         
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