Tagged: AVN

The Anti-Vax Group Formerly Known as AVN - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Mar 11, 2014 •

• anti-vaccination,
• anti-vaccine,
• AVN,
• Medicine,
• Sciblogs,
• Skepticism

Those in the loop may already know that the long awaited name change for the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN), the anti-vaccine mouth piece of Meryl Dorey, ordered in late 2012 has recently occurred. The new moniker for the group is Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network, I assume the hyphenation is present so that the group might reasonably continue [&hellip … Read More

The Hypocrisy of the Immunisation "Awareness" Society - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • Dec 20, 2012 •

• AVN,
• IAS,
• immunisation,
• vaccines

Earlier this year, another sciblogger Darcy Cowan was successful in getting the tax exempt status of the Immunisation Awareness Society revoked based on the fact that they don’t fulfil the requirements of charity (see here). One of the things that bothered me about the IAS at the time is that although they claim on their website to “To debate vaccination issues … Read More