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How many children are we willing to sacrifice before the altar of vaccination in order to 'protect' society? Is even one child an acceptable cost and if you answer yes to that question - acceptable to whom? Saba Button's future was forfeit to a vaccine experiment gone
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Our blog is currently the site of a back-and-forth debate about whether or not manufacturer's package inserts are made readily available for Australian families to access so they can be fully informed prior to making a vaccination (or any drug) decision. One of the so-called
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This is just going to be a very quick post to say that I've just returned from an inspiring and fun weekend at the Dynamic Growth conference, hosted by the Australian Spinal Research Foundation (ASRF) in Brisbane. I have been to several DGs in the past, but this
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Why does it have to take the near-death of a newborn to bring enough pressure to bear to force lawmakers to require full information for parents? Shouldn't that be the status quo rather then a new and revolutionary idea? Why are we expected to offer up our
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The other day, I received a reaction report via our website from a vocal supporter of Stop the Australian Vaccination Network (SAVN). Let me explain that for almost a decade, the AVN has managed a database of vaccine adverse reactions which have all been submitted (anonymously - all reaction reports are
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Andrew Wakefield - love him or hate him - the one thing you can't do is be indifferent to him. In 1998, Wakefield published a case series concerning 12 children who had the regressive form of autism. A case series is different from a study - it is simply a description
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An interesting excerpt from the end of this article that discusses how people who are taking on average 4 prescribed medications at the one time, are of the belief that their doctor's prescribing habits are influenced by drug company favours, says that: Kassirer said physicians can avoid being
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It's strange how you can remember exactly what you were doing when something incredibly important happens. I was only 4 when John Kennedy was shot - but I remember where I was and what I was doing. The same with when Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon and
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This excellent article from Dr Yazbak, describes the change in attitude over the last 10 years that is most clearly evidenced in Australia by the shameful and shockingly abusive behaviour of those who call themselves 'skeptics'. Dr Yazbak is a paediatrician with many decades of experience and a
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What articles like this seem to constantly ignore, is that all of these calls for more whooping cough vaccination are not based in scientific fact. FACT 1 - in 1991, no adults were vaccinated against whooping cough - only children were. We used a supposedly more effective vaccine at that time (the
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We are told to fear natural therapies because they are 'untested' and therefore, unsafe. Yet only about 15% of mainstream medical treatment have ever been shown to be either safe or effective and we see time and time again that Western medicine is the number 1 cause of
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"Mr. Rowles says he keeps his pigs fit by feeding them antibiotics for weeks after weaning, to ward off possible illness in that vulnerable period. And for months after that, he administers an antibiotic that promotes faster growth with less feed." This article describes so many of the