Informed Medical Options Party
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b_auspolInformed Medical Options Party
Website: https://imoparty.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMOParty_AU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imoparty/
It’s time for the anti-vaxxers! If the name sounds familiar but not quite right, that’s because these are the artists formerly known as the Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party, who clearly changed their name to sound less objectionable. Apparently, according to the party secretary, being called anti-vaxxers is “insulting”. They were formed in 2016 and their name change came through in early 2020, making their timing to hide their feelings about vaccines by changing their party name slightly hilarious, given they have spent the two years since then screaming about vaccines mandates and dangers. You will not be shocked to hear they were initially Covid-deniers. Their hobbies include attending Freedom Rallies and the Convoy to Canberra.
They also have formed some sort of alliance with Great Australian Party and Australian Federation Party for the sort of cookers who enjoy Americans screaming about Australia’s lost freedoms in lockdowns.
Party Analysis
Look, these people don’t like vaccines or fluoride. It’s all going to kill you.
Vaccination policies include: ending No Jab No Play (I’d be more concerned about this policy if it didn’t trip the most annoying people, rather than the poor. The poor get their kids vaxxed); removing Covid and flu vaccine mandates (I think these have had important health outcomes, so no); ending all Covid restrictions (look we are moving to a community management model, but restrictions saved lives while we were getting vaccinated); provide a legal ‘conscientious objector to vaccines’ exemption (ahaha no. This is a Very Bad Plan), and then a lot of policies that essentially boil down to “I’m just asking questions” and “we should study vaccines more (even though they are already heavily studied) for largely illusory factors”.
They have a parental rights policy section! This can only go well. The good: 12 months parental leave policy. The bad: remove all the laws and systems to get kids in precarious situations vaccinated, including when kids are removed for parental neglect (and neglect of the kids health). Also stop the Family Court being able to have a single parent agree to get the kids vaccinated.
The Fluoride policy is “remove fluoride from all Australian water supplies”. And do they mean added fluoride, or remove any natural fluoride as well? In any case, RIP all the IMOP kid’s teeth.
Health policies (that aren’t vaccine ones) include paying for “traditional and natural” therapies in the public health system, because it’s useful to waste money on ineffective treatments, legalise medicinal cannabis in all states (it’s been legal federally for medicinal use since 2016, though you need a prescription, IMOP – you need to agitate for general legalisation instead), promote organic and GMO-free foods (sigh, this isn’t health related), develop (unspecificed) ‘complementary’ therapies for psychiatric illness, not just medication (I am guessing this isn’t just ‘more psychological treatment strategies, tell me what you mean please), and this absolute policy “Remove any ties between Australia and World Health Organisation”. Someone is still feeling very sore about the fact we’ve had a global pandemic for the past 2 and a bit years, clearly.
Abortion policies are very angry at QLD proposing no time limits on abortions. One, this is the wrong forum to campaign on this – the federal government has been very clear that abortion decriminalisation is a matter for the States and Territories, and secondly, barriers to abortions just cause more harm. Nobody is out here killing full term babies for fun – any late term abortions are generally the result of a medical issue with a very wanted pregnancy. For this reason, this proposed bill to “offers medical assistance to children who are born alive after an attempted abortion” is generally scaremongering. This is a strawman. The very rare occasions you might see something like this is in extremely sad cases where a baby is not expected to survive outside the womb and they’re delivered in the safest way possible for the mother and then allowed to spend the last few minutes of their lives with their parents. IMOP also want a ban on the use of fetal organs for scientific experimentation, which from what I understand does not happen in the way IMOP are trying to imply. We do use tissue samples to produce cell lines in petri dishes, but there is a lot of study trying to replace these with more reliably available options.
Apparently IMOP also believe that 5G is coming to get us, and we need studies into what it is doing to us.
Their Climate policy is called “Planet Pollution” and focuses on fracking (it’s bad), pesticides (also bad), polluted river run off (also bad), and environmentally sound energy production. Honestly, this policy reads like something from the 1980s or 1990s. It’s just very old and more hung up on Roundup/glyphosates than climate change.
Education! IMOP want more support for alternative and home schooling, presumably to keep their children from learning about the general world opinions (and so they don’t have to vaccinate their kids).
The Indigenous policy revolves around “use traditional healthcare on country” and the loss of culture leading to loss of spiritual health leading to loss of actual health. Which, yes, there are some links between health and cultural issues, but not in the way they are implying here.
IMOP also want a Bill of Rights (that’s coming up quite a bit this election), and more disclosure of politicians conflicts of interest. Also to “Investigate the negative legislative impact of Australia's membership of the United Nations” which I am confused over what they mean, but suspect this is yet another “we don’t like vaccines or COVID restrictions and we believe in the New World Order” policy.
Is this party trying to kill me?
These are anti-vaxxers, during a pandemic. Fortunately I am vaccinated, but yes they hit the “trying to kill me” goal.
Is this party trying to harm me?
Anti-vaxxers. Pandemic. Also they don’t like fluoride, so they’d prefer my teeth were also less healthy.
Conclusion:
I actually miss Health Australia Party a little (deregistered under the 1,500 member change) because HAP tended to hide their absolute vaccine crankery a little better. IMOP are absolute loons and conspiracy theorists fixated on vaccines, fluoride and 5G killing us all, with a side of conspiracy about international organisations.
Do not vote for these people. They are actively dangerous. They are allying themselves with GAP. They were part of the Convoy to Canberra. The only thing I’m surprised to see in their platform is a lack of sovereign citizen content – apparently they haven’t quite gone that far off the cliff yet.
Website: https://imoparty.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMOParty_AU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imoparty/
It’s time for the anti-vaxxers! If the name sounds familiar but not quite right, that’s because these are the artists formerly known as the Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party, who clearly changed their name to sound less objectionable. Apparently, according to the party secretary, being called anti-vaxxers is “insulting”. They were formed in 2016 and their name change came through in early 2020, making their timing to hide their feelings about vaccines by changing their party name slightly hilarious, given they have spent the two years since then screaming about vaccines mandates and dangers. You will not be shocked to hear they were initially Covid-deniers. Their hobbies include attending Freedom Rallies and the Convoy to Canberra.
They also have formed some sort of alliance with Great Australian Party and Australian Federation Party for the sort of cookers who enjoy Americans screaming about Australia’s lost freedoms in lockdowns.
Party Analysis
Look, these people don’t like vaccines or fluoride. It’s all going to kill you.
Vaccination policies include: ending No Jab No Play (I’d be more concerned about this policy if it didn’t trip the most annoying people, rather than the poor. The poor get their kids vaxxed); removing Covid and flu vaccine mandates (I think these have had important health outcomes, so no); ending all Covid restrictions (look we are moving to a community management model, but restrictions saved lives while we were getting vaccinated); provide a legal ‘conscientious objector to vaccines’ exemption (ahaha no. This is a Very Bad Plan), and then a lot of policies that essentially boil down to “I’m just asking questions” and “we should study vaccines more (even though they are already heavily studied) for largely illusory factors”.
They have a parental rights policy section! This can only go well. The good: 12 months parental leave policy. The bad: remove all the laws and systems to get kids in precarious situations vaccinated, including when kids are removed for parental neglect (and neglect of the kids health). Also stop the Family Court being able to have a single parent agree to get the kids vaccinated.
The Fluoride policy is “remove fluoride from all Australian water supplies”. And do they mean added fluoride, or remove any natural fluoride as well? In any case, RIP all the IMOP kid’s teeth.
Health policies (that aren’t vaccine ones) include paying for “traditional and natural” therapies in the public health system, because it’s useful to waste money on ineffective treatments, legalise medicinal cannabis in all states (it’s been legal federally for medicinal use since 2016, though you need a prescription, IMOP – you need to agitate for general legalisation instead), promote organic and GMO-free foods (sigh, this isn’t health related), develop (unspecificed) ‘complementary’ therapies for psychiatric illness, not just medication (I am guessing this isn’t just ‘more psychological treatment strategies, tell me what you mean please), and this absolute policy “Remove any ties between Australia and World Health Organisation”. Someone is still feeling very sore about the fact we’ve had a global pandemic for the past 2 and a bit years, clearly.
Abortion policies are very angry at QLD proposing no time limits on abortions. One, this is the wrong forum to campaign on this – the federal government has been very clear that abortion decriminalisation is a matter for the States and Territories, and secondly, barriers to abortions just cause more harm. Nobody is out here killing full term babies for fun – any late term abortions are generally the result of a medical issue with a very wanted pregnancy. For this reason, this proposed bill to “offers medical assistance to children who are born alive after an attempted abortion” is generally scaremongering. This is a strawman. The very rare occasions you might see something like this is in extremely sad cases where a baby is not expected to survive outside the womb and they’re delivered in the safest way possible for the mother and then allowed to spend the last few minutes of their lives with their parents. IMOP also want a ban on the use of fetal organs for scientific experimentation, which from what I understand does not happen in the way IMOP are trying to imply. We do use tissue samples to produce cell lines in petri dishes, but there is a lot of study trying to replace these with more reliably available options.
Apparently IMOP also believe that 5G is coming to get us, and we need studies into what it is doing to us.
Their Climate policy is called “Planet Pollution” and focuses on fracking (it’s bad), pesticides (also bad), polluted river run off (also bad), and environmentally sound energy production. Honestly, this policy reads like something from the 1980s or 1990s. It’s just very old and more hung up on Roundup/glyphosates than climate change.
Education! IMOP want more support for alternative and home schooling, presumably to keep their children from learning about the general world opinions (and so they don’t have to vaccinate their kids).
The Indigenous policy revolves around “use traditional healthcare on country” and the loss of culture leading to loss of spiritual health leading to loss of actual health. Which, yes, there are some links between health and cultural issues, but not in the way they are implying here.
IMOP also want a Bill of Rights (that’s coming up quite a bit this election), and more disclosure of politicians conflicts of interest. Also to “Investigate the negative legislative impact of Australia's membership of the United Nations” which I am confused over what they mean, but suspect this is yet another “we don’t like vaccines or COVID restrictions and we believe in the New World Order” policy.
Is this party trying to kill me?
These are anti-vaxxers, during a pandemic. Fortunately I am vaccinated, but yes they hit the “trying to kill me” goal.
Is this party trying to harm me?
Anti-vaxxers. Pandemic. Also they don’t like fluoride, so they’d prefer my teeth were also less healthy.
Conclusion:
I actually miss Health Australia Party a little (deregistered under the 1,500 member change) because HAP tended to hide their absolute vaccine crankery a little better. IMOP are absolute loons and conspiracy theorists fixated on vaccines, fluoride and 5G killing us all, with a side of conspiracy about international organisations.
Do not vote for these people. They are actively dangerous. They are allying themselves with GAP. They were part of the Convoy to Canberra. The only thing I’m surprised to see in their platform is a lack of sovereign citizen content – apparently they haven’t quite gone that far off the cliff yet.
