QANON, Reignite Democracy & Vaccination Refusers
People who follow these pervaders of fruitcake misinformation, conspiracy theories, blatant lies and non-scientific nonsense have certainly come out in force since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
There have always been those who shrilly express their non-scientific views regarding the efficacy of vaccines when the evidence is quite clear: people do not generally die from vaccines; and, vaccines have long saved the population from the devastating effects of polio, whooping cough, measles, chicken-pox, mumps, diphtheria, shingles and influenza.
Yes, there are some very rare side effects of some vaccines that lead to nasty outcomes, but these are very rare and the odds of getting them is far, far less than the odds of getting the disease and suffering severe outcomes. And in a pandemic, this is even more necessary to be vaccinated.
Parliamentarian, Craig Kelly and celebrity cook, Pete Evans are but two of these pervaders of misinformation and fortunately, FaceBook has chosen to remove their misinformation and lies.
Here are some of the latest reports regarding these pervaders of doom:
News Corp named the top 10 misinformation superspreaders about Covid vaccines on Facebook in Australia;
Disinformation is everywhere online, some of it is hard to even detect, here’s the expert guide to recognising the gateways to QAnon and conspiracy land.
Byron Bay’s ‘patient zero’ charges
The guy who travelled from Sydney with his two teenage children will be charged by NSW Police breaching public health orders after he allegedly travelled from Sydney to the Byron Bay area without a reasonable excuse in contravention of public health orders.
He is allegedly responsible for putting Byron Bay areas into a snap lockdown and is a Sydney businessman with convictions for drugs, burglary and forgery. As well, he has come before the courts on charges of domestic violence and breaching AVO orders against his wife. He has also appeared before the Appeals Court to appeal against his extradition out of Australia when his visa was reviewed.
You can read all about him and his criminal past here.
These people who knowingly leave restricted areas contravening public health orders have put the lives of those living in Orange, Armidale, Newcastle, Tamworth, the Northern Rivers, Lismore and Byron and now also Dubbo in danger. They should be dealt with to the maximum extent of the law.
I am doing the correct things; staying in my LGA, not travelling further than 10km for exercise, shopping on my own, always wearing a mask outside of my home and social distancing. I would love to be able to visit my family and friends but I know I can’t. Why can’t these people put up with a few restrictions to ensure their safety and the safety of others in the community.
I also have had my two injections of AstraZeneca and am now fully immunised. It would be great if being fully immunised I could have some release.