Antivax shitheads, the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, stripped of fundraising abilities fo - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-18/australian-vaccination-skeptics-network-banned-from-charity-sta/5327378"]Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network loses its charity status for fundraising over misinformation claims[/URL] [QUOTE]The Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network has been stripped of its registered charity status because potential misinformation could impact on children's health. The controversial anti-immunisation group was last week forced to change its name from the Australian Vaccination Network because it was considered misleading. The group actively campaigns against vaccinating children. Now New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Stuart Ayres has taken further action. "We have requested that it surrender its authority to fundraise, which it has done, under the Charitable Fundraising Act," he said. "An investigation has highlighted a number of potential concerns." The State Government said it gathered expert medical advice challenging the accuracy of the information provided by the group. It is now warning the public not to make charitable donations to the group.[/QUOTE] Also, bonus [I]you can't fire me because [B]I just quit[/B][/I] move by the dickbags: [QUOTE]But the group itself has rejected the Government's suggestion that it was forced to revoke its status as a charity and its right to fundraise as one. The network says it was already in the process of de-registering as a charity before the Government asked it to show cause as to why it should not revoke its right to fundraise. Network says licence was surrendered voluntarily Spokesman Greg Beattie says it moved independently to wind itself up as a charity.[/QUOTE] This is a welcome step in the right direction.

Good, the AVN are terrible.

I've been vaccinated for Chicken Pox and Hepatitis A & B and no serious side effects were caused by it, maybe a numb arm for 5 minutes but that was it AVN need to fuck off

Worst side effects I've ever felt from a vaccination was from a Tetanus vaccination. I felt like shit for a day or two, but quickly recovered afterwards. I still don't understand why so many people promote the TERRIBLE idea of anti-vaccination. You are only fucking yourselves, and the rest of us over.

Fuck these people. AVN is evil, fucking with children is unacceptable.. just more people trying to sensationalize everything like rape culture tumblrism.

Worst vaccination I had was the BCG or the Mantoux test prior to it, but the sense of security and not being a total dickhole is well worth a sore arm and feeling like a fucker had put acid under the skin. (well, both are intradermal, and the nurse was perfectly nice) Never had any other reactions from the range, hep b, flu, mmr and such. Glad to see their status as a charity has been scrapped, though I wish it was criminal to post potentially dangerous health information without valid sources backing it up. Peoples lives are affected by shit information, so spreading antivax bullshit is dangerous and harmful.

[QUOTE=Solo Wing;44286540]Worst side effects I've ever felt from a vaccination was from a Tetanus vaccination. I felt like shit for a day or two, but quickly recovered afterwards. I still don't understand why so many people promote the TERRIBLE idea of anti-vaccination. You are only fucking yourselves, and the rest of us over.[/QUOTE] "It causes autism and contains mercury". Also some think it's cruel to the children, never mind the cruelty of putting children at risk of suffering from the terrible and preventable diseases.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo[/media] Get fucked AVN

[QUOTE=Im Crimson;44286731]"It causes autism and contains mercury."[/QUOTE] Except for the small little fact that both of those statements are completely incorrect.

[QUOTE=Snowmew;44288293]Except for the small little fact that both of those statements are completely incorrect.[/QUOTE] People believe what they want to believe, and tinfoil hat statements unfortunately fall under that category. But 'it contains mercury and causes autism' is a new level of stupid.

wasn't there just a story not that long ago about how smallpox is making a comeback in areas of the US that directly correlate to some recent religiously-driven uprising in antivaxers

[QUOTE=dai;44288788]wasn't there just a story not that long ago about how smallpox is making a comeback in areas of the US that directly correlate to some recent religiously-driven uprising in antivaxers[/QUOTE] The situation isn't any better in the sticks in this part of the world either; if they hear about even the smallest report of an illness or death related to vaccines (according to them, even though the death may not be related to vaccines at all, they simply go 'my kid died after you gave them your vaccine' because that's all they know, no matter how much we try to convince them to the contrary.), we suddenly find it that much harder to promote vaccination as a form of community healthcare. And this even applies to ignorant educated people.

[QUOTE=dai;44288788]wasn't there just a story not that long ago about how smallpox is making a comeback in areas of the US that directly correlate to some recent religiously-driven uprising in antivaxers[/QUOTE] In December, [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1332827"]I posted this story[/URL] about how 2013 saw [I]triple[/I] the expected Measles cases in the US thanks to pockets of anti-vax idiots and unvaccinated travelers coming home carrying it. Reminder: We came up with a Measles vaccine [B]fifty years ago[/B] and it still hasn't been eradicated in the US yet. And then TopHat and lirro433 rolled in to troll for the antivax crowd. And got demolished while shitting up the thread with stupid.

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;44289624]In December, [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1332827"]I posted this story[/URL] about how 2013 saw [I]triple[/I] the expected Measles cases in the US thanks to pockets of anti-vax idiots and unvaccinated travelers coming home carrying it. Reminder: We came up with a Measles vaccine [B]fifty years ago[/B] and it still hasn't been eradicated in the US yet. And then TopHat and lirro433 rolled in to troll for the antivax crowd. And got demolished while shitting up the thread with stupid.[/QUOTE] ah, that's what it was, I see the (opinion) piece's quote [quote] In March, there were 58 cases alone in Brooklyn, N.Y., tied to a Jewish community that refused or delayed vaccinations. In Texas, a megachurch that preached anti-vaccination views had an outbreak with at least 20 cases. In North Carolina, 23 cases were reported in one outbreak; most of them in a religious (Hare Krishna) community that was largely unvaccinated. [/quote] I thought there was a map somewhere too

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;44288829]The situation isn't any better in the sticks in this part of the world either; if they hear about even the smallest report of an illness or death related to vaccines (according to them, even though the death may not be related to vaccines at all, they simply go 'my kid died after you gave them your vaccine' because that's all they know, no matter how much we try to convince them to the contrary.), we suddenly find it that much harder to promote vaccination as a form of community healthcare. And this even applies to ignorant educated people.[/QUOTE] Now I'm worried about [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1347701"]the Polio eradication effort[/URL] and how accurate it might really be. (BTW, last I could tell, India is still on track to being certified polio-free by the WHO. This is [I]massive[/I]. Standing ovations around the planet are deserved.) [QUOTE=dai;44289733]I thought there was a map somewhere too[/QUOTE] I bet you're thinking of this one: [IMG]http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/9732829/diseasemap1_large_verge_medium_landscape.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5329478/vaccine-preventable-disease-outbreaks-show-anti-vaccine-movement-influence"]Story by The Verge on it[/URL] [URL="http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH_Vaccine_Map/"]Actual interactive map site[/URL] God damnit, Bill Gates, stop making the world a better place, the Internet still isn't done making Borg jokes about the 90s. Also, from that map. [URL="http://globalnews.ca/news/914521/quebec-measles-outbreak-raise-questions-about-timing-of-measles-vaccine/"]Quebec, what the FUCK[/URL]. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Vp02e0l.png[/IMG] The [URL="http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/en/sujets/prob_sante/measles/portrait2011.php"]final report[/URL] states that, of the cases, 615 cases were among the unvaccinated, including 29 babies too young for safe vaccination. That in itself is scary, although that's not the number of anti-vaxxers, that includes children who were ineligible for the vaccine (e.g. allergies to it) and dependent on herd immunity. What's kind of scary is the fact that 21% of the sick [I]were[/I] immunized, and when properly administered in infancy, the Measles vaccine is supposed to be 95% effective over the long term. This is where I'd be looking hardest: Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec 538 69,3% Almost 70% of the cases occurred in a region that, as near as I can tell, has about 500,000 residents (population of Quebec is 7.9 million as of last census). About 6% of the population and 70% of the cases. Something fucked up is happening there, one way or another.