Craig Kelly (Hughes, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Deputy Speaker, just to be clear, we are debating the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This has been a lengthy and widespread debate, and many participants in this debate have talked about the importance of vaccinating NDIS participants and also their workers. This debate is about improving supports for at-risk participants. This is exactly what I am referring to, and I take great offence to the member sitting there at the desk saying that Dr Peter McCullough is some conspiracy theorist. We are talking about one of the most highly credentialed doctors in the world, and you call him a conspiracy theorist. Shame on you! Let me continue with what Dr McCullough said. I hope the member at the desk there is listening and gets the wax out of his ears. Dr McCullough said:

This is consistent with the observations in the U.S. from Farinholt and colleagues, and congruent with comments by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conceding COVID-19 vaccines have failed to stop transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Dr McCullough continues:

Thus, we have a key piece to the puzzle explaining why the Delta outbreak is so formidable — fully vaccinated are participating as COVID-19 patients and acting as powerful Typhoid Mary-style super-spreaders of the infection.

Dr McCullough concluded in this letter:

Vaccinated individuals are blasting out concentrated viral explosions into their communities and fueling new COVID surges. Vaccinated healthcare workers are almost certainly infecting their coworkers and patients, causing horrendous collateral damage.

Continued vaccination will only make this problem worse, particularly among frontline doctors and nurses workers who are caring for vulnerable patients.

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Dr Leigh interjecting—

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