Il Senato australiano ha deliberato ieri che un gruppo di antivaccinisti, l'Australian Vaccine Network, venga "sciolto immediatamente", perché un gruppo che può danneggiare i bambini deve smetterla con le sue campagne terroristiche, dannose, irresponsabili ed antiscientifiche.
Che invidia, che invidia!
Australian Vaccine Network under pressure to cease operation
JUNE 26, 2013 12:00AM
The controversial anti-immunisation Australian Vaccine Network should "immediately disband", the Senate voted yesterday.
Greens health spokesperson Senator Richard Di Natale won the support of all major parties for the motion Tuesday and says it is important the Parliament take the lead in expressing its disdain for the group's activities.
"I think it is important that we take them on, that the community recognise them as a group that is actively harming kids," he told News Limited.
The motion approved by the Senate calls on the AVN to "immediately disband and cease their harmful and unscientific scare campaign against vaccines".
It notes the low vaccination rates in some parts of Australia and accuses the AVN of running an "irresponsible campaign …. that spreads misinformation about the risks of vaccination".
"There has been a reluctance for too long to take a stand in the name of science," Senator Di Natale said.
"The science is clear, vaccines save lives and when you continue to peddle lies you are harming people," he said.
The Greens health spokesperson is also concerned at the failure of the Therapeutic Goods Administration to take tougher action against the AVN over the advertising of a complimentary therapy for cancer on the internet.
The advertising was published when Meryl Dorey was AVN chief.
"The AVN put forward misleading information and the TGA has been very toothless in its response," Senator Di Natale told News Limited.
The new AVN chief Greg Beattie earlier this year warned parents not to trust their doctors when considering whether to immunise their children but to instead "read books".
More than 70,000 Australian children are not fully vaccinated and conscientious objections rates to immunisation have been rising.
Experts have blamed the trend on the "baby Einstein" parents who intensively seek information on the internet about child rearing for the problem.
The NSW Department of Fair trading has been trying to get the AVN to change its name to reflect its anti-vaccination stand.
There is concern parents who go to the AVN website are misled into thinking they are getting unbiased information on immunisation.
