There are many organisations and websites appearing on the internet that claim to be ‘independent and not affiliated with any group, organisation, or individual’ and they are claiming that the science against using multiple vaccines is ‘pseudoscientific’. One such website is “Diluted Thinking in Australian Healthcare” which is maintained and operated by Christine Bayne. This… [Read more]
Comments about the adverse reactions to MMR vaccine on Channel 7’s Sunrise program
I would like to recommend that you view this two minute youtube of the Australian Medical Association’s comments about the measles vaccine on the Sunrise program last week. A link to the comments by the AMA president can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoFtbU6tls&feature=youtu.be In this interview Steven Hambleton is asked ‘what are the side-effects of the… [Read more]
Channel 10 and the misinformation provided by Dr. Rachael Dunlop on vaccination
Dr. Rachael Dunlop is the vice-president of the Skeptics organisation in Australia. This is a lobby group that has many members who are promoting vaccination using false information and by discrediting academics. Evidence of this false information is provided on the Lobby-group page of my website. However, Channel 10 is presenting Dr. Rachael Dunlop as… [Read more]
Jonathon Holmes’s Mediawatch program ‘False balance leads to confusion’ (1st Oct 2012) is an exercise in propaganda
This episode of Mediawatch was about a TV station – the Illawarra’s Win TV – acting with integrity and presenting both sides of the vaccination debate: as investigative journalists are required to do. In this case, Win TV was presenting a story about measles and it mentioned the possible link between MMR vaccine and autism…. [Read more]
A review of Melanie’s Marvellous Measles by a PhD immunologist, Tetyana Obukhanych.
There has been much discussion about the information supplied to the public in a children’s book titled Melanie’s Marvellous Measles and lobby groups have been targeting book stores trying to get the book banned. Censoring a children’s book is a big step and there should be no need for this censorship in a society which… [Read more]
Conflicts of Interest within Government Advisory Boards (17.12.12)
Re The conflicts of interest of Professor Terry Nolan (ATAGI chairman), Professor Peter Richmond, Professor Robert Booy, Dr. Alan Hampson and Anne Kelso. The Australian Government has chosen this busy time of year to discuss an important bill that involves human rights and freedom of speech. At this moment the Senate is conducting an inquiry… [Read more]
The Project (Channel 10), Media Bias and Organised Lobby Groups
The biased coverage of the vaccination issue was evident in the media coverage on the 26th November 2012. The ‘vaccine objectors’ were not represented in any of the media articles. In particular I would like to address the coverage by The Project (26.11.12). This media station presented Dr. Rachael Dunlop as the spokesperson for the… [Read more]
Doctors take aim at Vaccine Objectors (26.11.12)
Today the media informed Australians that ‘doctors will be taking aim at vaccine objectors’. This news item was presented to the public in the usual biased manner that results in misinforming the public rather than allowing open and transparent debate. Instead of having a representative of both sides of the argument the ABC invited Suzanne… [Read more]
To the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
RE: My reply to the TGA re HPV vaccine Dear Debbie (no surname provided), Thankyou for replying to my letter, however you have not answered any of the questions that consumers are asking about this vaccine. The TGA continues to claim that: ‘the HPV vaccine is safe and effective and the benefits of the vaccine… [Read more]
HPV vaccine not in the public’s best interests
A letter to the Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA): I would like to provide you with the following quote from the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (September 2012 p. 677): ‘Merck’s HPV vaccine Gardasil failed (and continues to fail) to meet a single one of the four criteria required by the FDA for… [Read more]
