Our children. Is there anything we wouldn’t do for them? These little bundles of gorgeousness obsess, charm and scare the daylights out of us! Every little thing they do is a miracle. Watching them discover the wonders around them can keep us entranced for hours at a time. But every sneeze, fever and rash has [...]
We are very pleased to announce that, due to our victory against the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) on 24th February, 2012 and the subsequent reinstatement of our authority to fundraise on the 18th of April, 2012, anyone can now become a member of the Australian Vaccination Network. It has been a long, hard battle, [...]
This article was originally published on our nocompulsoryvaccination blog. I felt it was important to repost here because this is a question many parents have and one which is especially important now that you can stand to lose $2,100 in the Family Tax Benefit Supplement if you aren’t aware of the exemptions available to you. [...]
One of the most vital of these decisions is whether to vaccinate our children fully, partially or at all. All of these choices are valid but, since vaccines, like all medical procedures, can carry with them the possibility of serious injury or death, we need to be able to make our choice with the best [...]
Please note – there is an action alert at the end of this posting. Since being vindicated by the NSW Supreme Court on the 24th of February and subsequently having our authority to fundraise reinstated on the 18th of April this year, the AVN has been the subject of no less then four separate government [...]
Are you confused? Join the club! Vaccination information is so contradictory, it’s hard to know what to believe. That’s why the AVN says that you need to look at both sides of this issue, ask lots of questions, look at your own family’s health history and then – and ONLY then – make a decision [...]
Michael Belkin’s band, The Refusers, has been producing music about vaccination and health for many years now. His perfectly healthy daughter, Lyla Rose, died hours after receiving her Hep B vaccine at 5 weeks of age. This tragic experience sent him and his family on a journey to find out how vaccines can kill and maim children and why governments allow pharmaceutical companies to get away with putting untested, unsafe ingredients into shots that every man, woman and child is supposed to take for their health.
With First Do No Harm, a name taken from the first line in the Hippocratic Oath which physicians are supposed to swear to abide by, The Refusers have an internet hit on their hands with over 250,000 hits in a very short time. Their combination of music and education is an inspired mix, sure to reach a broad range of parents and hopefully, encourage listeners to look at both sides of the vaccination issue before making a decision for their own children.
The first thing you need to know is that in Australia, vaccination is not compulsory. It doesn’t matter what your doctor, school principal, mother in law or neighbour say – no school, preschool, childcare centre or playgroup is legally allowed to discriminate against a child because of their vaccination status. Secondly, whether you vaccinate fully, [...]
Here in the Southern Hemisphere, winter is about to start and with the change of season comes a barrage of ads by the government and the medical community to get our flu shots. Every year. Even if this year’s flu is the same strain as last year’s flu. It doesn’t matter. We need our shots every year as do our children.
But more than 80% of what we call flu is caused by viruses which are not contained in the vaccine. And even when there is a good match between the circulating virus and the vaccine, the shot seems to do little to reduce morbidity (the length and seriousness of symptoms) or mortality (the risk of death) – even in those who are the most vulnerable to serious flu symptoms.
This excellent video was produced by the American National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) and was shown on Delta Airlines flights last year. It provides balanced information on ways to reduce your risk of contracting influenza – or just about any viral illness – and how to stay healthy which after all, should be the expected aim of any health campaign.
By the way, the NVIC produces regular videos – many of them in conjunction with Dr Joe Mercola. If you would like to stay up to date on the latest news out of the US, consider subscribing to the NVIC’s YouTube Channel to receive email notification when new videos have been posted.
We are constantly being told that it is only the ‘fringe dwellers’ and those who are not very intelligent when it comes to science who would ever dream of questioning the safety or effectiveness of vaccines. And yet, here is a study from that bastion of vaccination-science, Vaccine, which shows that a large number of [...]
My daughter Lyla Rose Belkin died on September 16, 1998 at the age of five weeks, shortly after receiving a Hepatitis B vaccine booster shot. The following comments are intended to be a heads up to parents and potential parents about the risks of the Hepatitis B vaccine (HBV), and a firsthand report questioning the [...]
Our family’s story about the devastating effects of the Hep B vaccine law June 1999 I could not imagine a more difficult task than describing how my son was before the shot. With every word I feel that bright, curious, considerate, beautiful little boy getting farther away. My son is still here, but he’s not [...]
