Childhood vaccination rates down by 20% in Australia. Time to celebrate folks! The government has jumped the shark and there is no putting that particular genie back in the bottle.
I will just highlight a few of what I consider to be the outright lies in this piece of rubbish masquerading as a news article.
Australian Medical Association councillor Dr Kenneth McCroary said he was “really disappointed” about the national decrease, warning there is a real risk of it “wreakinghavoc in the future”.
“One in 50 kids used to die from measles, people don’t realise how serious it is,” he said.
“There’s a syndrome — panencephalitis — where the kids get measles, and they’re ok, and then five or 10 years later, their brain essentially turns to mush, and they die within 12months.