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\nIn a series of debates Trevor tries unsuccessfully to convince Paul that free speech should be curtailed when it is dangerous, the ABC should not allow Murdoch journalists any more air time, Greg Sheridan is a fool, Murdoch journalists have to toe the party line or be sacked, our democracy is not much better than China’s, the protesters in Michigan would’ve been shot if they were black and America will soon collapse into an apocalyptic disaster with people rioting in the streets.
\nNRL player to reject a codewide request to be vaccinated against the flu
\nGOLD Coast back-rower Bryce Cartwright is the first NRL player to reject a codewide request to be vaccinated against the flu \u2026 He must now explain his stance to League Central before taking the field again this year. Already, the back-rower is regarded as the code\u2019s highest profile anti-vaxxer , with wife Shanelle opening up last year on Instagram about the decision not to immunise their two children.
\nAn NRL official said yesterday that all athletes were expected to get the compulsory flu shot as part of the Project Apollo player protocols.
\nHowever, the official added that those who opted against the vaccination would then need to speak with NRL chief medical officer Dr Paul Bloomfield, who would deal with each player \u201con a case-bycase basis\u201d .
\nIt is understood anyone who objects to be vaccinated because of medical or personal reasons will need to sign a waiver before being allowed to take part in any resurrected competition.
\nOnly last year the Cartwrights created headlines after revealing they would not be immunising either of their two young children.
\nShanelle explained that both she and her husband had based their strong stance on widespread research, including a range of books by Dr Suzanne Humphries.
\n\u201cI remember he (Bryce) was so defensive when I first brought it up and got angry at me for even suggesting that we shouldn\u2019t vaccinate,\u201d Shanelle said.
\n\u201cAnd then he read a package insert and a few pages of one of Dr Suzanne Humphries\u2019 books and saw vaccines under a different light.
\n\u201cAnd now we\u2019re here.\u201d
\nAround the same time, Taylor Winterstein \u2013 the wife of then Manly Sea Eagles forward Frank Winterstein \u2013 also came under the media spotlight after charging $200 to attend her series of anti-vaxxer workshops.
\nDespite Cartwright\u2019s opposition to the vaccination, there is no suggestion the 25-yearold will have to stand down from the season but instead sign a waiver to ensure his place in the Titans squad once the competition resumes.
\nYouTube has deleted the account of David\u00a0Icke
\nFrom Newsweek
\nYouTube has deleted the account of David\u00a0Icke, a conspiracy theorist who has touted the myth that the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic is linked to 5G.
\nIcke’s account was removed after YouTube decided he broke its rules on sharing information about\u00a0COVID-19, a disease which has infected more than 3.4 million people worldwide,\u00a0according to numbers tracked by Johns Hopkins University.
\nA spokesperson for the video sharing site told\u00a0Newsweek: “YouTube has clear policies prohibiting any content that disputes the existence and transmission of\u00a0Covid-19 as described by the WHO [World Health Organization] and the\u00a0NHS\u00a0[the U.K’s healthcare system].
\nLast month, Professor Stephen\u00a0Powis,\u00a0NHS\u00a0England’s national medical director, addressed the 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theories, which have lead to\u00a0dozens of phone masts being set on fire in the U.K.
\nPowis told reporters on April 4: “5G story is complete and utter rubbish… It’s nonsense. It’s the worst kind of fake news.”
\nCabinet secretary Michael\u00a0Gove\u00a0said the idea that 5G helps to spread the\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0is “just nonsense, dangerous nonsense as well.”
\nIcke, a former\u00a0football player, is among those to make such false claims. Last month,","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}