Following the damning HCCC report about the deceptively named Australian Vaccination Network, the media has started to treat the AVN more fairly and appropriately, which is to say that few respectable journalists would speak to the AVN, and Meryl Dorey in particular, as an authority on vaccines. Most refernces to the AVN correctly call it an anti vaccination organisation, which is a refreshing change from only a few weeks ago.
Here are some mentions on the HCCC report in the media over the past few weeks:
- Australian Medical Association http://www.ama.com.au/node/5918 Misleading claims about vaccination putting Australian lives at risk
- ABC Lateline http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2010/s2951651.htm in which Nobel Laureate Prof Peter Doherty describes the activities of the anti-vaxxers as a “crime against humanity.”
- ABC Lateline http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2010/s2965957.htm
- ABC World Today http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2952217.htm
- SMH Anti-vaccine Group a Threat
- SMH Parents who lost baby stonewalled
- SMH Still No Warning on Whooping Cough
- The Medical News Anti-vaccination Group Declared Unsafe
- Northern Star Warning Issued About AVN
- ABC News Vaccine Group Needles Opponents
Anti-Vaccination Campaigners Slapped with Warning - New Scientist Anti-Vaccination Website Poses a Risk
- International Business Times HCCC Warns Public on Anti-Vaccine Group
- Medical Observer Public Warning Against Anti-Vaccination Website
- 2UE Steve Lieberman interviews Ken McLeod
- 2UE The Two Murrays interview Meryl Dorey from the AVN
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