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Statement From The Minister For Health And The Chief Health Officer
Parents should vaccinate themselves and their children, Minister
for Health Geoff Wilson said today.
Mr Wilson said fringe groups like the misleadingly named
'Australian Vaccination Network' are wrong to discourage people
from getting vaccinated.
"I love Woodford Folk Festival. I've been numerous times. There's
great music, great food and great folk entertainment.
Fortunately, there's enough wonderful things to do at Woodford
that patrons have plenty of alternatives rather than sitting
through the nonsense Meryl Dorey spouts about vaccination
dangers", Mr Wilson said.
"For the small number of people who might be entertained by what
Ms Dorey has to say, Woodford Folk Festival has a place for
everyone. Just don't take her nonsense too seriously."
"The fact is vaccinations have saved millions of lives. Their
invention was a miracle of scientific achievement."
Queensland's Chief Health Officer said Queensland Health remained
absolutely committed to delivering its immunisation program to as
many Queenslanders as possible.
"In the past year hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders have
been protected against deadly diseases such as whooping cough,
cervical cancer, diphtheria and measles, as well as influenza."
she said.
"The benefits of vaccination are obvious. Between 1930 and 1988,
around 40,000 Australians developed paralytic Polio. Now
Australia is Polio free."
"Vaccination prevents potentially fatal conditions like measles,
diphtheria and whooping cough."
"This program saves lives, and we will continue to urge
Queenslanders to vaccinate their children against
life-threatening illnesses," Dr Young said.
"Queensland's vaccination program is extremely safe and is the
most effective way to prevent illness and death from vaccine
preventable diseases," she said.
Health
The Honourable Geoff Wilson
15/12/2011
Statement From The Minister For Health And The Chief Health
Officer
Permanent Link: Statement From The Minister For Health And The Chief Health Officer
Publish Date: 15 Dec 11
Queensland Health Building, 147-163 Charlotte Street, Brisbane Queensland 4000, Brisbane
Phone: 13 43 25 84
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