She continues, "We do not dispense either treatment or advice, we just try to disseminate information about health issues and to inject [sic] some balance into the debate so that people can make informed choices that best suit their particular needs."  Elsewhere in the newsletter, Dorey comments that AVN is seeking legal advice and has committed a response to the HCCC by the end of this month.

Just a final point.  One cannot write an article on vaccination and the work of the deniers without drawing attention to the Jenny McCarthy Body Count website.  Encouraged by Oprah Winfrey on her eponymous TV show, Jenny McCarthy (famous for posing nude in Playboy and being Jim Carrey's girlfriend) is a vehement anti-vaccination campaigner.

To quote from the body count website, "In June 2007 Jenny McCarthy began promoting anti-vaccination rhetoric.  Because of her celebrity status she has appeared on several television shows and has published multiple books advising parents not to vaccinate their children.  This has led to an increase in the number of vaccine preventable illnesses as well as an increase in the number of vaccine preventable deaths.

"Jenny McCarthy has a body count attached to her name.  This website will publish the total number of vaccine preventable illnesses and vaccine preventable deaths that have happened since June 2007 when she began publicly speaking out against vaccines.

"Is Jenny McCarthy directly responsible for every vaccine preventable illness and every vaccine preventable death listed here?  No.  However, as the unofficial spokesperson for the United States anti-vaccination movement she may be indirectly responsible for at least some of these illnesses and deaths and even one vaccine preventable illness or vaccine preventable death is too many."

I strongly suggest you read all of the linked web pages – they contain far more information than can be addressed in this short article.  I'd also like to suggest you contact Meryl Dorey and the AVN and explain exactly what you think of their ideas.