Media Release: AVN Rejects COAG’s call for scientific censorship and support for medical bigotry                     

5 August, 2017: For immediate release

The Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network, Inc (AVN) condemns the Australian Government’s calls for censorship of data released by United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist, Dr William Thompson. This data demonstrated a 700% increased risk of autism in children who received the MMR vaccine on time.

They have also stated that a board-certified medical specialist, Dr Suzanne Humphries, now touring Australia with the film, VaxXed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe, should not have been allowed into the country.

“We want the government to start standing with the science, not with outdated policies and corporate pseudo-science,” says Tasha David, AVN President and mother of 6 children injured by vaccination. “When Dr Thompson released data showing his own study misled governments worldwide about the safety of MMR vaccine, this should have been a wakeup call to Australian leaders.”

“The AVN’s VaxXed Tour Down-Under has gotten under the skin of the Australian Government to the point of making the COAG agenda because it highlights their inaction on the Thompson data at the expense of Aussie kids.” Ms David continued.    

The AVN will not tolerate the anti-science quackery being put out by the Australian Government.

“The AVN has supported Australia’s parents since 1994 and we will continue to be their voice and their advocates regardless of the crimes committed by our government and their ministers. Thousands of Australians joined us on this tour and there is no putting this particular genie back in the bottle.

"Australian families are intelligent, informed and right now, very angry about how their own government has harmed their children. If I were a Government Minister, Senator or MP, I would be very concerned about how secure my job was right now. Those who tell the truth will be re-elected – those who lie and show their scorn for basic human rights will not.” concluded Ms David.