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COVID-19

Have we stopped asking questions? Mandatory Vaccination under the spotlight at Canberra event

Prior to 2021, most Australians likely felt little reason to delve into how vaccines available in Australia are developed, tested, approved and rolled out.

Half of long COVID patients show symptoms after 6 months

ANU: 56 per cent of Australians suffering from long COVID still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection.  

US CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all

The United States' government health agency has adopted COVID-19 recommendations made by a team of advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

ANU: Cheap, widely available drug can cut COVID-19 deaths

Inhaling heparin halves the risk of hospitalised patients needing a ventilator, and significantly reduces their chance of dying.

Queensland teachers, business owners granted COVID vaccine mandate appeal

A group of teachers and small business owners have been granted an appeal to argue that a state's COVID-19 vaccination mandates were unlawful.

COVID-19 vaccinations no longer recommended for healthy children and adolescents under 18

A significant change was made to the Australian Immunisation Handbook regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

Documents reveal gaps in COVID vaccine death reviews

Australians are routinely assured that deaths arising from Covid vaccination are vanishingly rare, based on the drug safety regulator’s claim that it has identified only 14 deaths linked to vaccination out of more than 70 million doses given.

Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ Covid vaccine study biobank 

A ‘globally significant’ bank of biosamples from a study into the immune effects of Covid vaccines is set to be destroyed, two years after the award-winning research project was defunded by the Queensland Government.  

Human rights ‘ignored’ by leaders in COVID-19 response

A mother forced to give birth to a stillborn alone and a cancer patient barred from seeing her surgeon detailed their heartbreak to the Human Rights Commission.

The unlawful suspension of human rights in the name of public health

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide chose to suspend fundamental human rights under the guise of protecting public health.

NSW government to repay over $5m of COVID fines

All fines handed out during the pandemic in Australia's most populous state will be reimbursed, except those currently being fought through the courts.

Lost trust challenge for next pandemic: COVID-19 review

Australians have lost trust in authority as a result of inadequate planning and communication during COVID-19, a review into the pandemic response has found.

‘Cruel irony’: Covid vaccine injury compensation scheme brought to an end as government delivers budget surplus

The Australian Government’s Covid vaccine injury compensation scheme ended on Monday, leaving anyone injured by the ongoing administration of the Covid vaccines without a safety net.

It’s official: No records of the “COVID virus”

Before 2020, I had no reason to question the existence of viruses

Integrity of excess mortality inquiry in question over high volume of suppressed submissions

A medical doctor, whose submission to the Senate’s excess mortality inquiry was omitted from the public record, has questioned the transparency of the inquiry process, after the committee’s report revealed that a majority of submissions it received had been suppressed.

Labor blocks Covid inquiry with Royal Commission powers

The Australian Government has voted down a bill to establish a Covid Commission of Inquiry, which would have essentially the same powers and independence as a Royal Commission.

Creating numbers for the pandemic industry

The definition of a case can mean “instance of disease” in the narrower sense, but in the wider epidemiological sense, it simply means “the criteria for categorising an individual as a case.” In other words, a case is whatever the inventor wants it to be.

Canberra mother recounts severe Covid vaccine injury as anaesthetist claims jabs as potential culprit in excess deaths

University educated mother of three and former disability consultant, advocate and Canberran, Mrs Kara Potter, wishes that she had been aware of the details of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial, before she had her booster shot on 8 January 2022.

How to create a pandemic

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that there was a “pandemic” of a new disease called ‘COVID-19’.

AstraZeneca admits COVID vaccine can cause ‘life-threatening’ blood clots

For the first time, AstraZeneca has admitted that its COVID vaccine can cause a deadly blood clot side effect known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS).

COVID-19 vaccine mandates for NSW health workers set to be dropped

NSW health workers might no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the minister responsible declares people need to "get back on with life".

Time to stop using ‘long COVID’ says Queensland health chief

John Gerrard says 'long COVID' wrongly implies something unique, sinister and exceptional when all viruses have long-term effects.

Lockdowns should be included in COVID-19 inquiry

Australia's peak employers body says a potential royal commission into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should examine lockdowns and border closures.

Australian Senate acknowledges need for inquiry into excess deaths

Persistence paid off yesterday for Senator Ralph Babet, of the United Australia Party, as the Senate voted in favour of his motion calling for further inquiry into the causes of Australia’s excess deaths.

Clive Palmer claims ‘victory’ in funding COVID vaccine case

Clive Palmer claims to have helped set a precedent against COVID-19 vaccine mandates after a court found emergency service workers were given unlawful orders.

Covid vaccine injury compensation win, but youth worker still has ‘heart of a 90-year-old’

An Adelaide youth worker who was “disabled” by pericarditis after getting a Covid booster shot under a workplace mandate made headlines this week after the South Australian Employment Tribunal ruled that he is to receive income support and payment of medical expenses for his injury.

Government censorship threatens health, safety, and scientific freedom

Sky News Australia reported that Doctors demand an overhaul of Australia’s medical ethics guidelines over the new ‘Woke’ set of codes, arguing for a return to the Hippocratic Oath.

Australia’s COVID-19 response ‘worst ever failing’

Experts from a range of sectors are calling for a royal commission into Australia's management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Landmark Covid vaccine injury win

The Department of Child Protection (DCP) must pay compensation and medical expenses to a youth worker who developed pericarditis after getting a Covid booster under a workplace vaccination directive, the South Australian Employment Tribunal has ruled.

Florida Surgeon General calls to halt use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, sparking debate

On January 3, 2024, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called for a halt in the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines after US health agencies failed to adequately address his concerns about DNA contamination in the products.
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