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Melbourne Zoo anti-vax event sparks concern

I so want to put this on council websites as an event for anti-vaccine Moms (sic) and bubs catch up.

An anti-vax mother who organised a party for unimmunised children at Melbourne Zoo has been criticised for “irresponsibly” putting others at risk.

The mother took to her Facebook page to tell like-minded parents to come to the zoo.

She then proposed to reschedule the gathering if too many were unable to attend – a time when potentially thousands of children on summer holidays could fill the zoo.

“Out of bad things great things happen,” the post read.

“I so want to put this on council websites as an event for anti-vaccine Moms (sic) and bubs catch up.”

Health authorities have since dubbed the post irresponsible.

It comes less than a month after a Brisbane mother was slammed for advertising a chickenpox party on Facebook.

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