Mother Of Dead Baby Forced To Fight AntiVaxxers

[angelatc]

Hat Tip to MosquitoBite, for pointing this article out to me.

In it, the mother of a dead infant in Australia is not able to grieve the death of her baby because she's being forced to fight against the rabid and cruel anti-vax loons:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ation-extremists/story-fni0cwl5-1226650422913



[h=1]Grieving parents speak out against anti-vaccination extremists[/h]

Dana's death from whooping cough, and the media coverage that followed, came to represent a very inconvenient truth to the anti-vaccination lobby - and thus began an extraordinary campaign against this grieving family.

The McCafferys are today breaking their silence on the cyber bullying,the anonymous letters and the cruelty of some members of the anti-vaccination movement.


The couple has been accused of being on the payroll of drug companies; they have had their daughter's death questioned and mocked; they have even been told to "harden the f . . . up" by an opponent of vaccination.

Dana's death did indeed raise awareness of the importance of whooping cough boosters, and Dana's story is on the back of pamphlets given to new mothers. This has led to accusations they are on the payroll of "big pharma" and part of a conspiracy to scare people into vaccinating.

In 2009, Terrigal father of four Chris Kokegei turned off his seven-year-old son Michael's life support system three days after the little boy caught chicken pox. "It's just pain, the pain, it is so awful," he says.


Like the McCafferys, he went public to raise awareness about vaccination. In 2010 he did three television interviews and he left his phone number with each network for other parents to get in touch.


Soon after, he received a call from a woman who claimed she was from the AVN. He does not recall her name.
She accused him of doing the community a disservice, saying he should not be promoting immunisation.


"Then she went on saying my son was obviously weak and the weakest of the herd are not meant to survive, I should just get over it," he says.

The AVN's belief is that the scientific community, the world's western doctors, successive governments, journalists and the media are colluding in a joint plot to vaccinate children to make money.


Anyone who criticises or questions the AVN invites a rash of abuse. Opposition health spokesman Andrew McDonald (not the same man who commented on blogs) copped this spray after he criticised the AVN in parliament last year: "May you and yours rot in hell along with the big pharma pricks you support. Don't even cross my path. May you choke on your own bulls... and die."


McDonald ignored that email but called in police for this one: "What I wish for you is to have every flu injection along with every other toxic immunisation available and enjoy the results. Give your kids the same shots, just in case it runs in the family. Good riddance to bad rubbish."


The author, who called himself 'pygmy', was tracked down by police and warned.


The AVN faces a hearing in June in front of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal. Fair Trading has directed the association to change its name because it regards it to be misleading, a decision that is being challenged by the AVN.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I thought we weren't supposed to judge a group by the behavior of some of its members (rather like the ill-behaved douchebags who gave RP supporters a nasty reputation in teh media).

 

[mosquitobite]

Do you know what AVN stands for Angela?

The acronym, I mean.

 

[angelatc]

Do you know what AVN stands for Angela?

The acronym, I mean.

Yes, and in fact was familiar with them before this article surfaced.


Why don't you tell us about them, though?

 

[angelatc]

I thought we weren't supposed to judge a group by the behavior of some of its members (rather like the ill-behaved douchebags who gave RP supporters a nasty reputation in teh media).

Do we give them a pass even when the heads of the movement are leading the charge?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Do we give them a pass even when the heads of the movement are leading the charge?

Good question. I'm not sure how the movement is organized. If it's "organized" like the "Liberty Movement" is, yes-unless you manage to survey every single member of the movement.

 

[mosquitobite]

Yes, and in fact was familiar with them before this article surfaced.


Why don't you tell us about them, though?

Uh, I don't live in Australia.

 

[angelatc]

Good question. I'm not sure how the movement is organized. If it's "organized" like the "Liberty Movement" is, yes-unless you manage to survey every single member of the movement.

No, the AVN is indeed a single organization. LOL - but do not click on the first link in Google. Or do, but just not at work. This is the link you should click on: avn.org.au

The woman who runs it fired the shots, and led the charge, using the organization as the platform to openly organize the assault. Not sure how to justify giving them a pass.

 

[angelatc]

Uh, I don't live in Australia.

So what was your point?

 

[pcosmar]

In 2009, Terrigal father of four Chris Kokegei turned off his seven-year-old son Michael's life support system three days after the little boy caught chicken pox. "It's just pain, the pain, it is so awful," he says.

Life support for Chicken Pox?

 

[specsaregood]

Life support for Chicken Pox?

Thousands of people die from it every year -- not to mention many that get really sick or have lifelong scars. When discussing with our doctor which vaccines to give and when and what schedule (we delayed and spread them out greater than the WHO schedule); he was adamant that chickenpox be one that we not delay and instead delay some of the others he was due for instead.

 

[jllundqu]

We use Dr. Sears alternate vacc schedule. We still get the stinkeye from Doctors, but it suits us just fine, having researched the topics ourselves.

 

[donnay]

Do you know what AVN stands for Angela?

The acronym, I mean.

The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc.(AVN)
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/avn.html