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Dr. Art Caplan recently posted an editorial, “Liability for Failure to Vaccinate,” on this blog. He argues that those who contract infectious disease should be able to recover damages from unvaccinated people who spread it. If you miss work, or your baby has to go to the hospital because of
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Two months after initiating a campaign to vaccinate school girls against the Human Papillomavirus, the Japanese Government has suspended the active promotion of both Gardasil and Cervarix vaccines. Japanese health authorities have found these shots to be associated with rates of serious reactions which are more than twice that of
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If there was no evidence of fraud (and there wasn't), this paper should have been automatically reinstated and Poul Thorsen's 22 articles on the subject should have been retracted. But that's not the way medical journals work, is it? And the original retraction had
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Way back in 1998, the Australian Vaccination Network – comprising parent and health – professional run groups from across Australia – compiled, published and printed a book called Vaccination Roulette. A massive effort was made by so many individuals and the final result was a true act of love and caring. This landmark
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The attached letter was sent to all members of NSW Parliament today along with a copy of AVN President, Greg Beattie's ebook, Fooling Ourselves on the Fundamental Value of Vaccines, and a copy of our latest survey of AVN members (attached here - this is only just being
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I have just had a chance to read through the NSW Legislation which, should there be no objections from the floor, will pass into law today. There will still be 28 days for an objection to be raised and, should it be decided that this issue is worth fighting, a
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NSW Parliament to Legalise Discrimination and ban unvaccinated children from childcare and preschool! Details are still a bit sketchy, but the news has just been released that changes to the Public Health Act have just been approved by cabinet and these changes have been approved by both the Liberals and
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Warning: This blog contains correspondence which is of an abusive and violent nature. The language in some of these emails is also quite strong. If you have children who may view this information, please make sure they are protected. If you yourself would prefer not to be exposed to this,
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I was prompted to write this blog by an email I received from Jane Hansen, a ‘journalist’ at the Daily Telegraph and other News Ltd (Murdoch) papers. Luke was a perfectly healthy 18 month old who died 10 days after receiving a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination. His doctor
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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 and open for signatures. If you would like to forward this letter and the petition
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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 likely gain bipartisan support for this piece of legislation which, without any scientific evidence whatsoever, will effectively set up a
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For the last week, members of the NSW Parliament have been debating (if you want to call it that) the passage of a Bill (The Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2013) which will provide the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) - a government body which already has an incredible amount of