Her 8-week-old son had always been happy and calm but became extremely upset immediately after his first vaccination shot, the doctor when asked said that this was normal behaviour.
[citation needed] After months of testing by specialists, the doctors concluded he had a genetic condition called Alexander's disease.
[4] In 2014, Messenger organised a lecture tour in Australia for American physician and anti-vaccine activist Sherri Tenpenny called 'Healthy Lifestyles Naturally'.
[2] Shortly after this announcement, outcry from the public and the scientific communities managed to alert the media and pressure the venues to cancel her lectures.
Stop the AVN spokesperson Peter Tierney stated that the venues were misled into thinking the lecture series was about child health and SIDS awareness.
[9] Messenger stated that cancelling the lectures would set a bad precedent as people need to be informed and have all sides presented in order to make good parenting decisions.
"[10] In January 2015, the Kareela Golf and Social Club in Sydney, Australia cancelled a talk that Tenpenny had been scheduled to give there.
"[15] In an email to her supporters in April 2015, Messenger asks, "If everyone just purchased one of my books, imagine how quickly I can be out of debt for the cancelled Dr Sherri Tenpenny tour.
[17] In an appearance on The Project on 6 January 2015, Rachael Dunlop said, "Of course parents have the right to be concerned about a medical procedure, but overwhelmingly they need access to accurate, science-based information – and this is not what they will get from Doctor Tenpenny.
"[18] In December 2017, Messenger, in a post to her followers, encouraged them to distribute a pamphlet titled "Vaccines Killed My Baby" which details the story of her child's death.
[19] One of the sponsors of the failed Tenpenny Australian 2015 tour was a project run by Messenger, Get Rid of Sids which claimed to educate parents about preventing Sudden infant death syndrome.
The ACNC was unable to comment due to privacy reasons but they issued the statement that it "had been revoked 'following a review into the organisation's operations and activities'.