Re: Petition for mandatory reaction reporting - please sign and forward!

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> please sign and share this petition. The AVN would like to require reporting

of all adverse reactions following vaccination; require that the vaccination

status be revealed when cases of 'vaccine preventable' illnesses are reported,

and a study be conducted using the data from the ACIR which shows who is

vaccinated and... who is unvaccinated, to see how much money is spent on

healthcare in each group. This information is vital - please support these

efforts.

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> If you could share this petition on Facebook, Myspace, MSN, , Twitter and

every other social networking site you can think of, that would be great. Let's

take this petition out to the world - the AVN will be lobbying parliament to

ensure that this legislation is passed.

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/better-information-on-vaccine-safety-and-effect\

iveness/

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> We the undersigned agree with the findings of the recent Stokes Report in

Western Australia. These findings demonstrate that vaccine reactions are not

being properly reported and as a result, Australian children are being placed at

risk. We support the introduction of legislation to achieve the following goals

to remedy this situation.

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> 1- A requirement for all health practitioners to report vaccine reactions to

the TGA when these reactions are reported to them by parents. For the purposes

of this legislation, the definition of an adverse reaction will be defined as

those listed in Appendix 6 of the 9th Edition of the Australian Immunisation

Handbook. The penalties involved in either failing to or refusing to report will

be a loss of bonuses paid under the General Practice Immunisation Incentive

(GPII).

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> 2- A requirement to reveal the vaccination status of those who contract

'vaccine preventable' illnesses. Currently, this information is not tracked and

indeed, the forms used by doctors don't even ask for this information, leading

to a gap in our knowledge about the effectiveness of the currently-licensed

vaccines.

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> 3- The funding of a study using the already-available information from the

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register's (ACIR's) database which currently

tracks who is vaccinated and who is not. The ACIR is linked with the Medicare

database, meaning that this study will be inexpensive and easy. This study would

provide information comparing the amount of Medicare money spent on healthcare

for vaccinated Australians as compared with unvaccinated Australians. This

information will give us a good indication of the overall health status of both

groups

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