A concerning story today about the re-emergence of whooping cough due to new strains of the disease becoming more prevalent. Just as concerning is the decision to seek comment from the Australian Vaccination Network‘s Meryl Dorey. The AVN is an anti-vaccination lobby group and Meryl Dorey has no medical qualifications, so it seems reckless of […]

A concerning story today about the re-emergence of whooping cough due to new strains of the disease becoming more prevalent. Just as concerning is the decision to seek comment from the Australian Vaccination Network‘s Meryl Dorey.

The AVN is an anti-vaccination lobby group and Meryl Dorey has no medical qualifications, so it seems reckless of the ABC to be giving her airtime when serious health issues are being discussed. According to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission:

Why then is the ABC quoting her in medical stories? More to the point, why are they quoting Dorey about Whooping Cough when she has previously argued that it is not lethal to children? That the ABC should give even a shred of legitimacy to the AVN is disgraceful, and potentially harmful.

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