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Major step against antivaxxers in Australia

The Health Care Complaints Commission will investigate the Australian Vaccination Network for spreading antivax misinformation.

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I am very pleased to report that, through the Facebook group Stop the AVN, I heard that the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission has determined that the Australian Vaccination Network -- a rabidly antivax group that is spreading misinformation and propaganda about vaccines -- falls under the jurisdiction of the Health Care Complaints Act and a full investigation is warranted. As you may remember, a complaint was filed against the AVN, claiming they were dispensing medical advice. Meryl Dorey, the mouthpiece for AVN, denied that, saying they are not a medical group. This determination by the HCCC contradicts her... and the HCCC is the actual official agency that can say that. I'm glad to see this! Dorey says a lot of things that don't come within a glancing blow of reality (like the AVN is not antivax, when their slogan is "Love them, protect them, never inject them"), ...

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