Category Archives: Australian Vaccination Network

Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Two Bordetella species of bacteria regularly cause the disease known as whooping cough in humans, Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. Of the two, B. pertussis causes much more severe disease, with a rate of about 1 fatality per 125 cases … Continue reading →

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Hepatitis B vaccine: Preventing cancer, except for when it’s not actually given…

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

One of the commentors over on the Australian Anti-Vaccination Network’s facebook page challenged the group’s president – Meryl Dorey – to comment on a hypothetical scenario as a way of discussing the utility of vaccination against Hepatitis B (Hep B). … Continue reading →

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Has Whooping Cough Evolved Around The Current Vaccine? Reflections On The (Then) Current Scientific Evidence

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Before reading this post be aware that more recent news regarding these genes in wild pertussis population has come up, with American isolates recently identified to have lost all pertactin expression in a way not detectable to the previous normal … Continue reading →

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Meryl Dorey’s Talk at the Woodford Folk Festival – What’s in a Title?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

As is quickly shaping up as somewhat of a popular issue within the Skeptiverse, Meryl Dorey (president of the anti-vaccine lobby group the Australian Vaccination Network) will be giving a talk at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival. This fact has … Continue reading →

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