Applying Hitchens’ Razor to the Claims of Meryl Dorey
On Monday the 25th of November 2013, prominent anti-vaccination group the Australian Vaccination Network lost its appeal against the New South Wales Department of Fair Trading and was ordered again by...
View ArticleThe Australian Vaccination Network’s Much Anticipated Name Change
Just in, an announcement from the Australian Vaccination Network that they are complying with the Administrative Decisions Tribunal’s court order to change their misleading name. Their chosen (and...
View ArticleAnti-Vaccination Advocates on the Front Line of Public Health
I have a confession to make, people. Sometimes I read the comments. And sometimes I even join in. Earlier today, ABC News posted a news article on their Facebook page regarding Federal Health Minister...
View ArticlePSA: The “Vaccinations Lead To Heroin Use” Graphic Is A Parody
It has been said that some of the most effective satire is nearly impossible to distinguish from the truth. As such, occasionally a graphic or quote which has been created as a parody is shared on...
View Article2015 anti-vaccine tour of Australia – the Tenpenny caravan of hurt
Jo Alabaster:Sherri Tenpenny, US anti-vaccination campaigner, is scheduled to tour Australia participating in a series of seminars across the country. Please read this post from Reasonable Hank and if...
View ArticleThe #StopTenpenny Campaign against anti-vaccination seminars in Australia –...
On The Skeptic Zone Podcast #325 {Permalink}, Evidence, Please has a report on the #StopTenpenny campaign against anti-vaccination seminars in Australia by US anti-vaccine campaigner Sherri Tenpenny....
View ArticleSherri Tenpenny’s Australian Tour Cancelled #StopTenpenny
The following can also be heard on The Skeptic Zone #328 {Permalink} A couple of weeks ago, I reported on anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny’s planned speaking tour of Australia and the...
View ArticleMelanie’s Marvelous Measles, a pro-disease book for children by Stephanie...
This report appears in The Skeptic Zone Podcast #330 {Permalink} “Marvelous” In the wake of the current US measles outbreak, which began at Disneyland in California and has so far has resulted in 121...
View ArticleMichael Leunig, Conscience, and The Choice to Vaccinate
Popular whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig has again raised controversy with a cartoon published in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald on the 19th of August on the topic of vaccination....
View ArticleI vaccinated my kids, this is why I care when others don’t.
I would like to answer a query I come across often when discussing vaccination on public forums – why it is that parents who vaccinate their kids are concerned when other parents make the choice not to...
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