Meryl Dorey, President of the Australian Vaccination Network, recently published a media release in which she decries the media’s “witchhunt” of the AVN. Recent investigations of the AVN by multiple branches of the New South Wales government, the reports and results of those investigations, various media interviews with Meryl Dorey, quotes from Dorey, and other factual […]
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So the HCCC have gone public with their warning about the AVN or Australian Vaccination Network. All I can say is, it is about time! I applaud the HCCC for doing this and Ken McLeod for getting this started with the McCafferys. The downside is that the HCCC can do little more than issue this […]
Important Note: Eran Segev was recently on Ockham’s Razor on ABC radio with Robyn Williams. Make sure you listen to his segment on what skepticism is and how we differentiate ourselves from people who wish to hijack the label of skeptic.
The HCCC has released the findings from the recent investigation into the AVN and it’s president Meryl Dorey. Needless to say they found that she dishonestly represented vaccination in a public manner on her website and offered skewed medical advice that was seen as misleading. The commission made the following recommendation: The Australian Vaccination Network […]
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A lot of what a skeptic does is reply to and debate deniers of certain realities and facts. Whether it is climate change, evolution or a round earth that you deny, a skeptic has rebutted your argument and you have ignored it. So why do people deny cold hard facts? Debora MacKenzie at New Scientist has […]
In a shocking turn of events, Meryl Dorey, President of the Australian Vaccination Network for almost 17 years, has stepped down from her position leading the prominent vaccine-awareness group. Citing reasons such as a lack of funds behind the AVN and the fact that her children have likely suffered due to her activism, Dorey broke the news […]
After almost 17 years of running the AVN, it is my bittersweet duty to inform you that within the next 3 – 4 weeks I will tendering my resignation as President of this great organisation and moving on to the next stage of my own personal development as mother, wife, activist and researcher. — Meryl Dorey The AVN is […]
