Monthly Archives: October 2015

Official anti-vaccine spokesmen off the leash

Last night, at a little after 10 pm, the official anti-vaccine protest movement allowed the grade-five boys to take over. Well, they’ve been in charge the whole time, anyway. Posting from Stanmore, in Sydney’s inner west, Sydney anti-vaccination spokesman Damien … Continue reading

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Sydney antivaxer attacks Young Australian of the Year (WA) Cath Hughes – updated

This post was originally published on October 27 2015 as: Sydney antivaxer attacks Young Australian of the Year (WA) Cath Hughes On November 8 2015 Catherine  Hughes was awarded the 2016 WA Young Australian of the Year! Cath Hughes is … Continue reading

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Scratching that irritating infection at the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia’s National Conference

The Chiropractors’ Association of Australia is currently winding up its 2015 Annual Conference. The CAA has been very busy in the evidence-PR-mobile in an attempt to stop the likely haemorrhage of members to the new, more evidence-based representative association, Chiropractic … Continue reading

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How to undo one good article with one wayward embedding

Yesterday, news.dot.com.au published an interesting article on some tactics being proposed to sway anti-vaccinationists from their destructive course: THEY SAY a picture is worth a thousand words, and in the case of winning the war over anti-vaxxers, an image like … Continue reading

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Judy Wilyman has no clothes

The University of Wollongong’s perennial anti-vaccine PhD student, Judy Wilyman, is the great, big hope of Australian anti-vaccinationism. Does she say “the science” a lot? Tick. Does she say “the research” a lot? Tick. Does she vilify bereaved parents with … Continue reading

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