A US Anti-vaccine campaigner wanting to come to Aus to give talks - your thoughts ?

[aps1080]

This is going to be a heated argument.

A US Anti-vaccine campaigner wanting to come to Aus to give talks and some Dr's want to ban her.

This follow on from the mis representation of an anti Vacciner on a current affair show on the ABC the other night.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/health/doctors-want-to-bar-antivaccination-campaigner-sherri-tenpe...

[outdoorhunting1]

"nor have I heard of any new cases of polio"

In the article I posted

"Australia's last polio case was 2007, but in 2014 this dreadful, crippling disease was diagnosed in 10 countries"

Polio was all but eradicated from the world at one point.

"Or take pertussis (whooping cough). Between 1981 and 2009, rates across the world roughly halved. In Australia, however, they soared – from 170 cases in 1981 to 29,545 in 2009 – prompting Professor  Peter McIntyre, from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, to tag Australia "the world capital of pertussis.""

And we are a first world country !!!

[azureline**]

You won't hear about it either, most likely, because the answer at autopsy is "no conclusive reason can be determined" Remember the flu vax deaths of the children/babies and now that can't be given under 6yo?

Same answers are given for the brain damaged children.

[azureline**]

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@outdoorhunting1 wrote:

"nor have I heard of any new cases of polio"

In the article I posted

"Australia's last polio case was 2007, but in 2014 this dreadful, crippling disease was diagnosed in 10 countries"

Polio was all but eradicated from the world at one point.

"Or take pertussis (whooping cough). Between 1981 and 2009, rates across the world roughly halved. In Australia, however, they soared – from 170 cases in 1981 to 29,545 in 2009 – prompting Professor  Peter McIntyre, from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, to tag Australia "the world capital of pertussis.""

And we are a first world country !!!

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Could it be because we adults have become complacent about booster shots? Many people I speak to have no idea about the need for them and believe their childhood vaccination is all they require.

[katymatey*]

Anyone ever taken a wander through an old cemetery? The headstones with whole families of children listed with only days between dod are sad beyond belief. 

[outdoorhunting1]

katy

It is very obvious in some country cemeteries which are the one's I walk through.

[azureline**]

I strongly object to cocktails of vaccines, too many are given at once.

[outdoorhunting1]

You mean MMR ?

I thought the rest were singular.

[azureline**]

MMR

CDT

Triple antigen.

Take a look at a schedule.

http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/medicare/australian-childhood-immunisation-registe...

[azureline**]

Birth	Hepatitis B
2 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio Hib Hepatitis B Pneumococcal Rotavirus
4 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio Hib Hepatitis B Pneumococcal Rotavirus
6 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio Hib Hepatitis B Pneumococcal Rotavirus
12 months	Measles Mumps Rubella Hib Meningococcal C
18 months	Measles Mumps Rubella Varicella
4 years	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio Measles (part of the MMR vaccine) Mumps (part of the MMR vaccine) Rubella (part of the MMR vaccine)

[outdoorhunting1]

So that's two combined vaccines ? (I forgot about CDT)