25 May 2017 CHOICE IN VACCINATION In my previous Newsletter 160 “False and Misleading Information about the “Vaxxed” Movie Provided by Cathy O’Leary, (Medical Editor), I described the untruthful information that Cathy O’Leary provided about the “Vaxxed” documentary to the public. In this letter I invited both Cathy O’Leary and Professors Fiona Stanley and Jonathon… [Read more]
Invitation to the Telethon Kid’s Institute to the Screening of “Vaxxed” in Perth, Friday 19th May 2017.
This is the letter that I sent to the Telethon Kid’s Institute (TKI) to invite Professor Fiona Stanley and Jonathon Carapetis to attend the Vaxxed screening in Perth on 19th May 2017. No-one from the TKI attended this public screening to discuss the evidence in the film that proves a causal link between vaccines and… [Read more]
False and Misleading Information Provided on the “Vaxxed” Movie by Cathy O’Leary (Medical Editor for WA News)
This is the letter I have sent to Cathy O’Leary, Medical Editor, at the West Australian Newspaper, exposing the false information she is providing to the public about the film ‘Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe‘ and inviting her to attend the Vaxxed screening in Perth on the 19th May 2017: Open Letter To West Australian… [Read more]
Professor Fiona Stanley Stoops to Insulting Parents in the Vaccination Debate
Professor Fiona Stanley was our Australian of the Year in 2003 for Children’s Health so it was disappointing to read the story in the West Australian newspaper titled “Professor Fiona Stanley speaks out against ‘evil’ anti-vaxers” (Regina Titelius, 24 April 2017). Instead of addressing the vaccination issues that thousands of parents are concerned about Fiona… [Read more]
The University of Wollongong and the Truth About Vaccines
On 18 January 2016, one week after the University of Wollongong published my PhD thesis on the university website, Professor Heather Yeatman, who’s expertise is in nutrition, was permitted to promote the Australian government’s claims about the safety and efficacy of vaccines on the university website. This has been endorsed by other academics without scientific… [Read more]
Myths about HPV Vaccines and Conflicts of Interest in Government
On 29 March Cathy O’Leary, medical editor (medical editor’s do not require health qualifications) at the West Australian newspaper, published a story titled “HPV Jabs lag in Northern Suburbs” to encourage the uptake of HPV vaccines. This article provides false and misleading information to the public about the cause of cervical cancer and the value… [Read more]
Open Letter, To Australian Journalists, Re the False claims about Academic Research on Vaccines (14 December 2016)
Open Letter to Australian Journalists 14 December 2016 Dear Journalists, On the 20 January 2016 John Cunningham, a medical practitioner and lobby group activist, who has no connection to the University of Wollongong (UOW), was given a voice in the mainstream media to disparage, without evidence, the assessment of a university PhD thesis (see letter… [Read more]
Open Letter, University of Wollongong, Australia, ‘Media Awards being given to Reporters who Denigrate Academic Research on Health’
Vice-Chancellor University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia 2 March 2017 Dear Professor Wellings, I have previously made you aware of the false claims about vaccines that are being made on the University of Wollongong (UOW) website and these claims are directly affecting children’s health. You will also be aware that the normal channels for debating academic… [Read more]
Protest over Anti-Vaxxer’s Perth Talk (West Australian, 1 March 2017)
The West Australian today (1 March 2017) is attacking non-vaccinating parents and labelling them as ‘anti-vaxxers’. This article by news reporter Cathy O’Leary (she is titled a Medical Editor but has not provided any health or medical qualifications and in 8 years has not reported on the medical literature that supports the concerns parents have… [Read more]
A News Reporter asks to be Removed from an Email List Re Children’s Health and Vaccination
Open Letter To University of Wollongong (UOW) Academics 20 February 2017 Re: Ben Dickinson, a Reporter at Post Newspapers WA, asks to be removed from this emailing list. Dear Professor Alison Jones, Professor Yeatman (and the 60 UOW academics supporting the statement about vaccination on the UOW website), I have received a request from a… [Read more]
