Protesters voicing their opposition to the vaccine, which the government has said is not mandatory, clashed with police on Saturday across the country, just days beforeHundreds of people were seen at Melbourne's Fawkner Park on Saturday, where they were met by a heavy police presence.
Prof Sutton said that Australia’s vaccination program was “our way out” of the pandemic and urged people with questions about vaccines to seek out factual information from trusted sources. “Fervent anti-vaxxers are in a really small minority ... I am going to ignore them, frankly, and I would encourage you to do the same,” he said.At the Melbourne rally, officers used pepper spray on some protesters when they moved beyond cordons, and at times, police appeared to lose control of the crowd, an AAP photographer on the scene said.
Protesters marched with placards with slogans such as"herd immunity of vaccines is a scam" and"your body, your choice".
Waiting to hear the RMH have their allocation, hopefully tomorrow and will be rolling up my sleeve
No one is being forced to get the vaccine so why are they browbeating people with their beliefs.
Happy to have the Pfizer vaccine as high efficacy (95%) means if exposed to C19, I’ll be asymptomatic. Not so with AstraZeneca (60-70%). If exposed, I will get sick, and run the risk of long COVID. It’s a substandard vaccine.
'Anti-vaccination rallies chanting “my body, my choice” are illogical when it is voluntary vaccination. What on earth are they protesting? Utter stupidity. COVIDIOTS.'
Only allow vaccinated people to land in Australia. Australians to be vaccinated to fly internationally. Antivaxers to pay for any Covid related medical treatment or hospitalisation, and nurses and doctors be allowed to refuse treatment for antivaxers.
Well I call for people to ignore Brett Sutton he's as big of a grand stander as his boss Dick Andrew's 5 day lock down proved nothing other than their utter contempt for Victorian people's lives and livelihoods.
Good advice. They are a tiny minority. By the end of the year, there will be even fewer of them.
Brett Sutton needs to be reported to the Australian Medical Association for medical negligence !!!!!! sackbrettsutton repotbrettsutton We all need to email the AMA.
But if I cannot fly out of Australia then there is no point in getting vaccinated nick_coatsworth VictorianCHO VicGovDH NSWCHO qldhealthnews Adam_Creighton vanOnselenP KKeneally DanielAndrewsMP AnnastaciaMP GladysB GregHuntMP auspol
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The Guardian has a podcast by Sarah Wilson, detailing how many of her followers, initially interested in healthy eating, morphed into anti-vaxxers, then conspiracy theorists. Worth a listen to understand the mindset, VictorianCHO
Wise to be cautious and sceptical because the government's narrative 'we are here to help you' has turned Australia into a huge COVID segregated system, those infected, those not infected, those in jobs, those who lost their jobs, those with the jab, those without the jab ....
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Just as you can choose to Flu vaccinate or not why not the same for COVID? If the vulnerable and majority are already vaccinated, does it matter if a few anti vaxxers catch COVID?
HumanHeadline Brett Sutton in so incompetent and should step down as CHO! He is a disgrace to the medical community
It’s like the xmen movie when the put the mutant cure in a gun ....
A free country, a free world why does it feel like I’m in a concentration camp ?
IF, i am able, that is, IF, i am unlikely to have an adverse reaction, i’ll be having the vaccine, and the anti vaxxers can get stood on.
Yep.. listen the a guy that was part of a system where 800 people died and no one knows who was responsible for it.. Not them of course.. Um.. sorry, Sutton opinion is questionable
Pro - Honest, Reliable Information ≠ 'anti-vax' The 'vaccine' is a bioengineered pathogen delivery mechanism with KNOWN allergic and immune system deleterious repercussions that is NOT underwritten by medical insurance for ANY damage. Anti-Stupid ≠ Anti-Vax
HumanHeadline Would it kill him to shave or wear a goddamn tie?!
Mr Sutton, whats next for you after Covid,? Newstart ?
Demonchessa Their Facebook sites have been blocked and google is dropping them in searches, so that should help.
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Good luck. I'm sure you will all be fine.
Wanting to understand the long term effects of this vaccine does not make people anti vaxxers. Stop with the propaganda.
Firstly, it’s not mandatory, so they’re idiots. Secondly, did people march, protest, riot, rant and rave, in the ‘50s and ‘60s when, as kids, we lined up at school and got vaccinated against smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, etc?
It’s an insult to all of us who are actually pro vac but at this time are anti guinea pig jab😡 Sutton is so condescending to dismiss our choice and our concerns as being a majority group who are apparently ignorant sackbrettsutton sackdanandrews wearecoming
HumanHeadline Don’t worry I will be getting the vaccine and ignoring the anti-vaxxers
No jab, no pint. Can we also make it no school, no government services, no license, no entry and no travel?
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