I am holding a legally-purchased copy of Cosmos Magazine.
Why?
This magazine features an informative and detailed article about vaccination and I strongly urge people to support this publication – rather than illegally scan it and feature it on a website, as the Australian Vaccination Network has done on their site.
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission’s investigation (under section 94A of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993) has established that the Australian Vaccination Network’s website:
- Provides information that is solely anti-vaccination
- Contains information that is incorrect and misleading
- Quotes selectively from research to suggest that vaccination may be dangerous.
On this basis, the Commission recommended to the AVN that it should include a statement in a prominent position on its website to the following effect:
- The AVN’s purpose is to provide information against vaccination, in order to balance what it believes is the substantial amount of pro-vaccination information available elsewhere.
- The information provided by the AVN should not be read as medical advice.
- The decision about whether or not to vaccinate should be made in consultation with a health care provider.
The Commission recognises that it is important for there to be debate on the issue of vaccination. However, the AVN provides information that is inaccurate and misleading.
The AVN’s failure to include a notice on its website of the nature recommended by the Commission may result in members of the public making improperly informed decisions about whether or not to vaccinate, and therefore poses a risk to public health and safety.
Pose with your purchased copy of the Cosmos magazine and show your support for the promotion of science (and you may even enter in their ‘Where In The Cosmos’ competition they’re running!)
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Surely if an Australian organisation breaches the Australian copyright in an Australian magazine, there are clear grounds for legal action?
The question now is.
Does the HCCC have any authority? Or are they just another powerless government department?
I was a regular Cosmos reader before moving to Germany. And I’m happy to announce that I’ve just taken out a subscription. Bonus: they don’t charge any extra for overseas subscriptions. WIN!
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