Hilary's Desk

Part One (of four) Herald on Sunday Flu propaganda

Hilary Butler - Sunday, March 17, 2013

In the three articles written by Chloe Johnson in the Herald on Sunday, March 3, 2013, (here, here and here) there was a ton of misinformation. I pulled her up on all her mistakes, which she refused to accept, and maintains that her articles were balanced and she is proud of them. The Herald on Sunday editor’s contribution to my attempt at redress was .... to tell me that he ha...

Part Three: Dr Huang's Shiver's propaganda

Hilary Butler - Friday, March 15, 2013

On 6th March, 2013, Dr Huang was interviewed by Radio New Zealand. During this interview Dr Huang emphasised that influenza could be very very serious, and stated that "in Auckland 282 babies per 100,000, were hospitalised last year". 282 hospitalizations sounds BADDDDD doesn’t it. Serious. Nasty. Here’s the problem with Dr Huang’s data. She used a figure which woul...

Part Two: What the Herald on Sunday should have shown readers

Hilary Butler - Friday, March 15, 2013

How many people died from flu in Auckland in 2012? According to Shivers data:. A child could understand this stunning graphic, yet Chloe didn’t bother to use it. Even a mug can see why she avoided this like the plague. One death from Flu in Auckland doesn't sell papers - no drama, no story. I repeat: Out of 9 deaths of Serious Acute Respiratory (SA...

Parents want the truth about the flu vaccine, Professor Phillips.

Hilary Butler - Thursday, March 14, 2013

A headline in PerthNow (Adelaide Advertiser) recently read, "Chief medical officer Paddy Phillips says it's time to end debate on jabs" Of course, to Professor Paddy Phillips vaccines are wonderful, safe, effective and anyone who suggests otherwise is misinformed and patently insane. So he wants all the non-vaccinators to see sense and vaccinate their children. That's his answer - d...

New Zealand's first breast milk bank.

Hilary Butler - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

On the basis of only one of my many previous posts on breast milk, you are all expecting me to clap my hands at New Zealand's first breast milk bank, and congratulate the team involved, right? Well, no. I'm not clapping my hands. Here's why. From the article: To be spending $150,000 establishing a breast milk bank, and $50,000 - or a thousand dollars a week to run a b...

Part Four: The matter of New Zealand annual Flu deaths.

Hilary Butler - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

All around the country the mantra of 400 flu deaths a year has been parroted as the truth, when it’s not the truth. But medical documents are starting to reveal that even the medical profession knows that one day this will bite them on the backside. The more they are forced to put their facts on the internet, the more likely it is that someone will find that truth. Do you remember the...