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Over the years, I have heard lots of medical practitioners and government health officials say some unbelievably stupid things about vaccination. No, really – there have been some corkers! Vaccines don't need to be tested... Way back in the 1990s, I did a double-take when Dr Gavin Frost, Chairman
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When it comes to the media and the so-called Skeptic community, there is a real double-standard in regards to the value of not only our children but our rights to keep them safe from harm as we see fit – whether that is the harm posed by disease or the harm
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Dear Jane Hansen, As you know, I have long been critical of your reporting on the issues surrounding the subject of vaccination. I believed and still do believe that your attacks on those who hold a different opinion to your own are beyond the pale, unfair and in some cases,
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When the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) began, way back in 1994, amongst the core group of 6 founders were 2 chiropractors. One was a local practitioner and another was from further away. They, like most chiropractors, fully supported the rights for all individuals to make free and informed health decisions
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We are told all the time that we are not qualified to make medical or healthcare decisions for ourselves or our children. Instead, we need to leave it up to the ‘experts’ - namely the doctors and medical specialists - whose training has supposedly made them better-qualified than any of
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I'm writing this blog whilst sitting at my chiropractor's office waiting for my appointment. The air is filled with the scent of lavender and soft music is playing in the background. It's a lovely, relaxing environment. But thinking about the threats to chiropractic care
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Where is the evidence that vaccines are either safe, effective, or necessary? Evidence-based medicine has been the buzz-word of the last 10 years. It makes people feel confident about seeing their doctor and taking the treatments on offer if they are thought to be ‘evidence-based’. After all - medical drugs
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What is there to be afraid of? Quite a bit, unfortunately. The whole thing about vaccination is - it’s supposed to keep you safe. If you’re vaccinated against measles, you shouldn’t get measles. If you are vaccinated against whooping cough, you should be protected from whooping cough.
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They say it’s a woman’s prerogative. Making one decision and then, down the track, changing your mind. But everyone does it and it’s not necessarily a bad thing either. Think about those words - changing your mind. Taken literally, they may sound a bit strange. They conjure
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I have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn and Flickr. They take a bit of time, but I’ve felt that the investment was worth it for the gain received. News tends to come out very quickly on these venues, so I have stayed on the very cutting edge
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by Meryl Dorey For the last few weeks, both myself and the AVN have been receiving a steady stream of emails and phone calls from parents who are in panic mode because they have received letters from Centrelink implying they would be losing their fortnightly Family Tax Benefit payments because
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The following article is by Greg Beattie, author of Vaccination: A Parent’s Dilemma and the more recent Fooling Ourselves on the Fundamental Value of Vaccines. It was originally published on the REAL Australian Sceptics blog and bears repeating. This information and the graphs included are excerpted from Mr Beattie’