Tag Archives: anti-vaccine trolls

The Drs. Wolfson – Incomprehensibly Cruel 2 – Light for Riley responds

Posted on August 30, 2018 by reasonable hank

“In summary, our baby died from whooping cough and therefore you claim that all parents must have a chiropractor on speed-dial.  It’s almost as if you are using our child’s death to promote your own chiropractic business.  Wait, not almost … Continue reading →

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Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network lies about deceased baby, attacks her parents

Posted on August 15, 2017 by reasonable hank

On Sunday August 13 2017, the Australian government launched a campaign aimed at increasing immunisation coverage whilst combatting anti-vaccination misinformation. Called Get the Facts, the campaign features two families who have both lost babies to whooping cough: the McCaffery and … Continue reading →

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Catherine Hughes again forced to respond to antivax lies about her deceased baby boy

Posted on June 15, 2017 by reasonable hank

At the heart of anti-vaccination activism and the concomitant abhorrent behaviour which has become normalised – for the anti-vaccination movement, at least, due to incitement from standard-setters such as Meryl Dorey, of the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, and Judy Wilyman, of the … Continue reading →

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Anti-Vaccination Australia trolls still attacking Light for Riley

Posted on May 13, 2017 by reasonable hank

One of the most vile online acts is perpetrated by conspiracy theorists known as Sandy Hook Denialists, or Sandy Hook Hoaxers. These conspiracy-theorist liars attack the families of children who were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In the eight years … Continue reading →

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Anti-Vaccination Australia goes after Kitty Flanagan and The Weekly

Posted on April 17, 2017 by reasonable hank

On April 12 2017 the ABC’s comedy news program, The Weekly, gave us a gem on the dangers posed by the anti-vaccination movement. It was accurate. And it understood the minutiae of the awful anti-vaccination arguments. And Kitty Flanagan was … Continue reading →

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Antivaxers violently react to proposed government immunisation-childcare policy and vilify bereaved parents

Posted on March 12, 2017 by reasonable hank

This news broke today: UNVACCINATED children will be banned from all childcare centres and preschools in Australia under a hard line proposal spearheaded by the federal government. The immunisation rates of all preschools and daycare centres will be made publicly … Continue reading →

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Associate of WA’s Hammond family attacks Light for Riley in Facebook message

Posted on January 16, 2017 by reasonable hank

The Australian anti-vaccination movement has been involved in the harassment and vilification of families who have lost babies and children to vaccine preventable diseases for years. In 2009, incited by Meryl Dorey and the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, anti-vaccination activists went … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccinationists attack the parents and the memorial page of a baby boy

Posted on April 17, 2015 by reasonable hank

Baby Riley Hughes died on March 17 2015: one month ago, today. He was 32 days old. He died from whooping cough (pertussis). Riley’s mum and dad, Cath and Greg Hughes, immediately set about ensuring that no other parents have to … Continue reading →

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