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By: What Is The Australian Vaccination Network? « Vaccination Facts – A Response To Meryl Dorey And The AVN At Perth's State Library

Mon, 31 May 2010 11:02:41 +0000

[...] you are not familiar with the AVN, I strongly suggest you read and pass on the story by David McCaffery, about the death of his daughter Dana from the preventable disease whooping cough / pertussis [...]

By: @Statelibrarywa Promoting Dangerous Pseudoscience?—?Not Really A Fairy Tale About Meryl Dorey And The AVN | Young Australian Skeptics

Sun, 30 May 2010 23:04:33 +0000

[...] One such case was the tragic death of a little baby. The AVN claimed that it wasn’t because whooping cough rates rising due to lowered vaccination rates in their region as a result of their intense campaigning?–?and in fact, shouldn’t the parents of the dead child make the autopsy records available to the AVN on demand so… [...]

By: Depleted Cranium » Blog Archive » Aussies Fight Back Against Anti-Vaccine Nonsense

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:52:51 +0000

[...] it does not end there. Her father posted a heartbreaking account of the death of his daughter on a major skeptic blog in Au…. The Australian Skeptics have really taken advantage of the recent momentum on this issue, [...]

By: Anti-vaccination rhetoric kills | reasonWeekly

Anti-vaccination rhetoric kills | reasonWeekly — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:14:06 +0000

[...] McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and the rest of the ignorant antiscience antivax people are right, then read this story. I dare you. David McCaffery writes about his daughter, Dana, who was four weeks old when she died. [...]

By: Jenny McCarthy and Oprah Winfrey - why they’re wrong… - Scientific Skeptic

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:22:23 +0000

[...] on this blog, but McCarthy deserves a forked tongue and will receive no quarter from me, because what she does kills children. [...]

By: Oprah Winfrey Gives Platform to Anti-Vax Movement « The Skeptical Teacher

Oprah Winfrey Gives Platform to Anti-Vax Movement « The Skeptical Teacher — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:23:25 +0000

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By: red rabbit

red rabbit — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:58:19 +0000

David, Toni, Cecily: I am so sad for you and I cannot thank you enough for your courage in sharing your stories. As a family doc in Canada, I fight these battles daily and I do use your stories along with the relevant research. Having worked in places where these vaccinations are not nearly so available, my heart hurts whenever I see spoilt parents who do not remember the terror of “before”- before Salk, before tetanus shots, before H.flu vaccination. Sincerely.

By: Cecily Johnson

Cecily Johnson — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:00:54 +0000

David & Toni my heart goes out to you, family & friends on the loss of your beautiful Dana. Sadly I lost my daughter to Measles – so, truly know your heartache. Laine caught measles 6 weeks before she would have had her immunisation. Sadly like you guys I had hate mail & even had death threats for going public!! terrible mail from anti vac mob!!! I support u so much for going public – take care.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:51:45 +0000

My parents very nearly had the same experience, but I was lucky – after months in hospital I survived, having stopped breathing due to this horrible disease. AntiVax parents need to be reported to DOCS and have their children removed.

By: Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:15:29 +0000

David, I would not have the strength to do what are doing, so soon after your tragic loss. You and your wife are amazing. I’m doing what I can in my small little way, and I hope the community support will emerge to get vaccination rates up and stop another such needless tragedy.