Vaccine Injured Family on Channel 9 Tonight

[Charlotte91]

Well, I'm in Vic and there's been nothing on about it.
Dang it, I really wanted to see it.

Was it just on 9 news?

[JellyBean]

I believe so Charlotte - I presume it will just be WA news too. Apparently channel 9 will post it on their website after it has screened - so stay tuned.

:-)

[LizLemon]

Thanks for the heads up JellyBean. I watched it and could cry for that poor family. Very, very sad. Part two on tomorrow night.

[Shanti]

There is no way I would ever get a flu shot let alone let my kids get one. That poor family

[JellyBean]

I think tonight's part will just be the response from the WA Health Dep - "why it all went wrong and why this years flu shot will be different" was the tag line as I recall.
Err - thanks but no thanks. How about some compensation for the poor family?

Oh - and I wouldn't bet that the segment will be on the channel 9 website either. According to the family, all the articles that were written about their daughter have mysteriously disappeared.
A quick search led me to the listed webpage article "Flu Vaccine Destroys Baby Saba's Life" from News dot com dot au, dated 20th March (only 2 days old). Sure enough, when you click on the link - the article has been removed. They cite potential causes for this as:

There's an error in the address or link you have entered in your browser;
There's a technical issue and the page has not been properly published;
The article was removed to comply with a legal order;
It is an older article that has been removed from the site.

Wow. How insulting to dear little Saba & her family - treating them as though their experience never happened for fear of losing millions of dollars to an educated public. This is Australia, not China - we expect to have the freedom to be able to make informed desicions and are entitled to know about this story!!

[LizLemon]

Yeah it is. I know, I do wonder where the health department stands with that. I remember getting that letter from the health department (they piggy-backed off the medicare register) urging parents to get their little ones vaccinated. I didn't do it, but when all this stuff happened I remember thinking how peeved I'd be if I had and something went wrong. It wasn't like it was just a media campaign with posters - the government specifically targeted a demographic and gave what I would call medical advice.

[AliBaby]

Just last week we had medical people from Westmead childrens hospital come to our CC urging parents to get their children to trial this new safe vaccine for the flu shot! I DONT THINK SO!