Meryl gives me a shout out on Howard Sattler 6PR!
I got a heads up to Meryl being on the Howard Sattler show on Radio 6PR Perth today. Meryl is in town for her second anti-vaccination seminar at the WA State Library. I tweeted it so everyone else...
View ArticleAVN a risk to public health and safety – HCCC warning
The HCCC issued a press release earlier today, describing the AVN as a risk to public health and safety and warning the public that they provide information that is inaccurate and misleading. The...
View ArticleThe AVN shoots themselves in the foot.
There has been extensive coverage of the HCCC public warning issued following the AVNs refusal to post a disclaimer on their website. One wonders if Meryl Dorey would have saved herself a lot of bad...
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The Australian Medical Association issues a warning about the AVN
The AMA today issued a warning about anti-vaccination groups reminding parents that vaccines save lives and it is important for parents to immunise their children. The AVN was targeted in the statement...
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Hypocrites much?
I had reason to be flicking through the pages of Living Wisdom magazine tonight (the publication of the AVN) for a little light research. Tweet Odd that this should happen really, since I often get...
View ArticleThe wash-up from the AVN judgement – what does it mean?
Yesterday the AVN won their case against the HCCC on a technicality under Section 7 of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993. This is a hollow victory in my opinion. Here’s my (IANAL) summary of what...
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Skirting around the evidence to pick cherries.
“Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant...
View ArticleProposed health care legislation to crack-down on dodgy claims
In what may have some unregistered health care practitioners fumbling for the edit button, a new bill was proposed in parliament yesterday which if passed could see a significant tightening of the...
View ArticleThe AVN cops a bollocking in parliament
In a positive move for consumer protection, the NSW government plans to tighten legislation which regulates alternative medicine practitioners. And what has prompted them to do this? The AVN. Here’s...
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A(nother) bad week for the AVN. Or should I say AVSN
It’s been a bad week or the AVN. Or should I say AVSN. Tweet You can hear the audio version of this report on The Skeptic Zone episode 282, here. The AVN have a new name – The Australian Vaccine...
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