{"id":40528,"date":"2013-08-02T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=40528"},"modified":"2020-09-14T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T01:00:15","slug":"warning-about-fake-immunisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/08\/02\/warning-about-fake-immunisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning About ‘Fake’ Immunisations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dr<\/a>
Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>August 2, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland’s Chief Health Officer has warned parents to beware of “fake” homeopathic vaccinations.<\/p>\n

Dr Jeannette Young said she was issuing the warning after becoming aware of a child whose parents reported she had been protected by \u201chomeopathic\u201d immunisation.<\/p>\n

Dr Young said in scientific terms the notion of homeopathic vaccinations was nonsense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Health becomes aware of this as an issue from time to time,” she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really frustrating to see cases where parents think they are doing the right thing by their child and, in fact, they\u2019re not protecting them at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve recently been told by a doctor of a parent who reported their child had received homeopathic vaccinations from a homeopath, believing this was an acceptable alternative to mainstream immunisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is totally wrong and the whole science behind homeoprophylaxis, or homeopathic immunisation, is incorrect.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone offering remedies in place of standard vaccinations is dangerously misleading parents into believing their child is protected against serious diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cHomeopathic vaccinations are no substitutes for standard vaccination.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch so-called vaccinations are a serious breach of trust and should not be tolerated from a health care provider.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Dr Young said immunisation was considered one of the most important achievements of modern medicine and had saved millions of lives worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmunisation underpins a healthy community and is a core responsibility of the healthcare sector,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe immunisation program remains extremely important and highly effective at preventing serious and life-threatening infectious diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the immunisation program, diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, measles, influenza Type B, meningococcal C, and polio do not occur or occur rarely in Queensland.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways talk to your GP or immunisation provider if you have any concerns as there is a lot of information readily available for parents on the importance and value of immunisation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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