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 [...]
Interviewer: Mike (I) Interviewee: Meryl Dorey (M) I: The issue of vaccination has come to a point again. It was about this time last year we were talking about an outbreak of something in particular and we were talking to the parents of a couple of very … or families that had smaller children, almost [...]
Earlier this week, the Australian Academy of Science, an organisation at least partly funded by the Australian Government (despite claims to the contrary by the current head of the AMA) and stacked with people who hold strong relationships – both financial and working – with the pharmaceutical industry, released a booklet called The Science of [...]
John and Keith – Adelaide Radio 5AA Interviewers: John or Keith (I) Interviewees: Meryl Dorey (M), Chris Burrell (C) I: Immunisation. Immunising our kids. Mass vaccinations are back in the news as an eminent group of scientists are putting out a booklet that they say is about reminding parents of how fundamentally important it is [...]
Below is an interview I did with Neil Mitchell of radio station 3AW in Melbourne on November 26th, 2012. There is an MP3 of the recording available as well. Neil Mitchell Interviewer: Neil Mitchell (N) Interviewee: Meryl Dorey (M), Steve Hambleton (S) Unconfirmed Spellings: Gustav Nossal N: Coming up, to vaccinate or not? To Vaccinate [...]
One topic that has frequently come up in the vaccine discussion is Tetanus. It appears that culturally, we are conditioned to fear Tetanus. Many parents express their fears about keeping their children vaccine free because, “what about Tetanus?”When you think about it, using Tetanus to encourage vaccination is a great tactic. Everyone generally knows that [...]
We are often told that vaccinations are perfectly safe or, if there is a small risk of side effects, most effects are mild and transitory with serious reactions only affecting 1 vaccinated person in a million. Since the Australian Government readily admits that as few as 1% of all serious vaccine (and drug) reactions are [...]
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 [...]
Nellie is 3 and a half years old, and her adoption was final May 17, 2007. She was born meth addicted with many health problems and had developmental delays as an infant. She was given Hepatitis B vaccine at birth, and one polio and one measles shot. She contracted measles from the shot. Since her adoption she has [...]
Theron is 14 years old and was given Hepatitis B vaccine at birth WITHOUT my consent. He has since been vaccine free & on an organic vegetarian diet. He is rarely ill, did have salmonella poisoning at 2 months of age, whooping cough at 5 years old, (caught from child who’d just had his DPT), & Chickenpox just recently. Was breast [...]
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