abc.net.au/news/chief-medical-officer-opposed-mandatory-covid-test-china-travel/101822918Australia's chief medical officer explicitly advised the Albanese government not to introduce mandatory COVID-19 testing on travellers from China a day before the measure was announced.The government's top health advisor said mandatory testing would be an overreaction
On New Year's Day, Australia followed a number of other countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France to impose compulsory tests on people travelling from China., Mr Butler said the decision was taken "out of an abundance of caution" and because of a lack of detailed epidemiological data in China.
Professor Kelly also said there was consensus between himself, New Zealand's public health officers and other state and territory chief health officers that such a move would be "inconsistent" with Australia's national approach and "disproportionate" to the risk.
Time for this morrison lackey to leave
No one is buying his line of reasoning now we have adults in charge. Time for him to run officially for parliaments LNP at the next election
rachelbaxendale A friend of a friend was airlifted from ACT to Sydney this week after her heart stopped & she stopped breathing. She’s now breathing via a ventilator & fighting for her life. Prior to this she was very fit, fully vaxed, had no other health issues & only forty years old. COVID19
Aaaand A Morrison appointment
How on earth can we have such incompetence in our Government😢and we the Public is paying for this cretin who hasn't a clue except Hypocrisy 🤔
Sounds like he needs the sack.
If it were Morrison would Kelly be singing a different tune? Get rid of him, he has far too much history to be taken seriously.
When top ranking public servants publicly disagree with their political masters, their days are numbered. Kelly is a dead man walking.
Is definitely inconsistent, as there is no other mitigation here right now. Anyone travelling overseas during a pandemic, should be fine having to test negative before air travel. Otherwise, Covid will continue to mutate & stay ahead of any vaccines. It’s not rocket science!
Who is Paul Kelly taking notes from? His attitude to Covid has been one of ghoulish indifference from the beginning. Doesn't he need to go?
It has been a popular decision. Also can we have a list of all his advice. Funny how this one got out there yet all the rest is cabinet in confidence AKA National Cabinet.
Genevieveat19 This guy is consistently against any measure that might actually protect public health. What is his agenda here? Mass infection and disability? CovidIsNotOver
Why is he still the CMO when he was clearly in Morrison's pocket the entire time.
This CMO said it was time to open up as omicron was just starting and as a result there have been thousands of unnecessary deaths!
It’s ironic when the government rolled out lockdowns it was pushed on to health advice, obviously the narrative has changed
PaulKelly CheifMedicalOfficer has turned health into a political statement. He was been wrong constantly and consistently about COVID the whole way through this pandemic. The man needs to find another job. He is another useless and inadequate Morrison captains pick.
Been fairly disappointed with Medical officers performance for the duration of the outbreak. So many virologists have had opposing views about our response
What about the testing of Covid vaccines. Have you tested any yet?
Can we please have the VictorianCHO have a crack at this job? Bit tired of the do-nothing medical advice mob that supported the do-nothing Morrison government.
Why is he siding with the CCP?
5eyes
So the guy who was all in favor of bringing out the bushmasters to stomp skulls in Victoria to enforce lockdowns wants to go easy on the people who are really in charge of the ALP?
Test all travellers!
The whole Covid policy of the Albanese government has been inconsistent. Health Minister, Mark Butler's 'abundance of caution' because of China's lack of Covid epidemiology is bullocks! We let everybody else into Aus, including US citizens with the new super variant XBB 15.
AlboMP is abundantly cautious about acknowledging COVID deaths and long COVID
So pathetic that AlboMP doesn’t care about reducing transmission within Australia or from the US where an identified deadly variant has developed.
First time Paul Kelly has been right in over a year.
KleinRevd He’s a Scomo kind of guy I suspect. Wasn’t he involved in advising us to climb aboard the Scomo bus? Do you remember? There were no vaccines, but the advice was to throw the doona aside and jump on the SOOTY XPRESS... to where?🤔🙄Get in the bin with Coatsworth Prof. Kelly. 🤨
It’s Australia where science is something of convenience
Kelly's response to Chinese travellers to Australia is ridiculous. And to use Australia's high vaccination rate as some sort of reason to not instigate mandatory testing prior to travelling to Australia is absolutely ludicrous. Vaccination won't stop the virus entering Australia
I think you will find that most Australians would agree with the approach by the Govt to test people arriving from Communist China - an approach recommended by WHO and adopted by most EU countries, US and India. Once again we see Aust Mainstream media caught up in its own spin
Might be worthwhile talking to his counterpart in Malaysia before deeming it disproportionate
But mandatory vaccines were approved and expected, even for ppl who were always low risk, who now don't even need to have an up to date booster?
Still on the division trail. Absolute Babble Corporation / ABC
Kelly is very unimpressive
Who would know, there are no stats anymore. It's a little 'ask' for people to be tested prior to departure. Should be mandatory, all countries.
I don’t see the logic for testing prior to coming to Aus for any country (let alone singling one out) if we don’t have any serious mitigation policies in place (other than personal responsibility).
So?. Advise is simply that.
If he is proven wrong, can people sue him?
Isn't thus scomo's guy?
He doesn't want any testing for anyone.
That is because this Labor government is to scared to say no to the overlord.
You mean the same CMO which failed during the pandemic and was made to action by the states?
So the labor federal government have instigated a deliberately racist policy against Chinese travellers - against health advice & with NO outcry from ABC (recall the “racist” Indian travel bans in 2021) - I presume ABC will provide “balance” shortly
Jesus! Will you lot get over your anti anything ALP bias & start reporting in a fair, balanced way. Or is simple honesty beyond your ‘news’ producers?
Paul Kelly sent a written letter advice on 31st Dec. Why didn't Mike Butler follow medical advice? Fxxx
I don’t really Understand why Aussies worrying about Chinese travelers if they can’t speak English 🤣🤣🤣
Who trusts the reaping man?
It is a stupid rules. So those positive covid from US/Europe or Asia are fine without testing to come to Australia! WTF!
Keep all Chinese out until they’ve cleaned up their act. They started it.
Well that’s where it came from in the first place, they absolutely should be tested. 😡
It's a precautionary medical protocol for any country with high rates of any deadly epidemic. The Chinese in particular are used to regular testing and proof of negative results before even domestic travel. It is nothing new to them. What's this bloke's motives?
Has Paul Kelly at any time had the well being of all Australian citizens Or just pander to big business and those who don’t give a dam about aged care or anyone with an autoimmune problem.
Don't like that bloke one bit.
The Chief Medical Officer still playing politics on behalf of his LNP mates, while the MSM continue to amplify their talking points to undermine the government.
Anyone not on China's payroll? 😵
Australia is a vassal state of US. Australian government, no matter Labor or Liberal will follow US.
Well which is it: Covid is a cold that becomes less deadly but more virulent with each mutation (explains increase in cases..but not scary so stop) Or they want it to spread to continue lockdowns to gradually remove liberties and condition compliance?
I think it comes across as racist to single out China. No neg tests required for US ( where a new worrying strain has emerged) or anyone else around the world coming into Aus. This is on the nose. I am surprised a Labor gov did this tbh.
Hotel quarantine will be reinstated this week or next, states will close borders by mid Jan and we’ll end up in lockdown by the start of Feb if there’s a new variant. Borders could stay closed for over a year as Australia tries to revaccinate against the new variant
17 thousand Australians died from covid under his watch , maybe it’s time he resigned . Why don’t you ask him why so many Australians are dying from this “ living with covid “ strategy he’s been pushing ?
Is Paul Kelly leaking ? Isn’t he a Public Servant?
Doesn’t seem to care that 17,000 died this year under his watch.
15 thousand Australians dead from covid under his watch , maybe it’s time he resigned .
We should doing mandatory testing for COVID-19 for everybody who is coming to Australia regardless whether Australian or not. From every country. Come winter we will be heading down the “lockdown road again “. Governments never learn from the past.
It was the same with the vaccine mandates. Zero medical or public health justification for doing so. Covid taught us that we were just a few steps away from an authoritarian state and Victoria was leading the way.
Catch me if you can Kelly advises one thing but I know best Butler does the opposite all the while Albo and his mob keep bleating about a mystical voice. A new year same old s**t.🤔
More testing of local sewage water is needed
Because he knows about the lies..
Kelly is a CCP agent thats why. auspol CMO paulkelly
Respect doctor, I’ve agreed on your previous stand on Corvid19, but we have to manage corvid19 over the coming years, not restrict travel. The world is better equipped to do small things to minimise the spread and transmission as this virus continually mutates left unchecked
Well done for rehashing LNP talking points. No reflection that craven political opportunism overrides a sensible public health decision. Always go for the conflict, eh - especially when it favours the LNP mediafail mediabias ThisIsNotJournalism
He’s a nasty piece of work - leaking to the press & clearly still reports to his LNP masters scum
Just for interest, was the CMO a appointee of our previous LNP Govenment ?
rachelbaxendale Imagine if Trump made this compulsory testing of people coming from China? Imagine the chorus of 'Racist'!
Yeah we need to establish new guidelines for the CMO - appears there is a bit of coalition bias and capitalism bias being flaunt here. Either that, or a new CMO and review of the health department.
HEALTH FIRST and Staying Safe. It's a WORRY?
fuck
The only question I have is why wasn't he replaced after the election🤔
PeterDutton_MP panicked response is a better response than the RubyPrincess debacle&subsequent deaths you presided over during LiberalAus time in govt. You&your colleagues are largely a disgrace. You should dissolve the party you belong to&then resign AlboMP AustralianLabor
Paul Kelly saying he advised against Chinese citizens having to have a covid test before boarding planes to Australia. Well done labor for ignoring his advice. Auspol2023
You have to let it spread first for several months, then shut borders. Then wait 2 months before trialling tests for community transmission. Then ban antibody testing so no one knows how much it’s already spread. They can then claim they kept it out. That’s what they did in 19/20
Why isn’t this clown being asked to resign.
Don't blame the Australian government. They are just following instructions from the Americans.
The politically-driven responses by this CHO & his predecessor, Brendan Murphy, influenced by Morrison, means Aussies don't trust this office to advise based on science. Screaming🦗🦗wrt to COVID since May, yet so many deaths which continue now - + too too much long COVID 😟😟
“The current risk level is low”
This guy should be sacked,he is a left over scomo lacky/puppet 😡😡😡
Just another Morrison implant!
Here comes Labor shills
In Nov 2021, I had to have a current negative test result to enter Australia, & test again here. B1525 has a mutation called E484K, which helps it partly evade the immune system. We would benefit from entrants being required to show a current negative test result. Covid19 B1525
Him and the politicians live in la la land. No idea
Kelly is a disgrace. He would allow new varients to arrive and spread nation-wide before he considers trying to play catchup. What a joke!!! We no longer have track and trace systems operating. This man has been bought and paid for by the Tourism sector. He's not a Medic 😕
This chap never did fill me with confidence right from the get go
U.K. Doctors Call For Government Investigation of mRNA Covid Vaccines Due to “Alarming Safety Profile” BY DR ALI AJAZ 2 JANUARY 2023 1:22 PM
This bloke should be sacked, Australia people depending on the governments to protect against COVID not saying no testing should take place then when it's out of control say lockdown time we need fresh new advisory committee on COVID and inquiry
ALL travelers should be tested and quarantined from EVERY country.
Funny how he wouldn’t say boo when the Coalition were in government. Kelly has always been a LNP stooge. He has never answered how many he was prepared to see die when he advocated the let it rip live with Covid bullshit. Time for him to go
Paul Kelly is correct our politicians are over cautious 😉 whether it is the ease of everyone getting a'virals , the many current health measures to ease pressures on health system, massive tv ads promoting cov' health awareness amazed our govts have time to think about economy😀
One question will demolished the Health Minister Exactly how many real cases are there in Aus,India,US, Vietnam etc? Many infected young around the world don't test at all In poor countries people can't afford their meals let alone RATS. There are no real Covid data in 2023.
This the same CMO whose “expert” advice helped get us in the mess we’re in? Time for him to leave public life and spend a lot more time with his family.
I think we should be testing travelers from the US also. That new variant there seems very virulent and we need to get a full understanding of it and its potential impact in Australia.
Why wouldn't u
How safe is the vaccine in Australia? U.K. Doctors Call For Government Investigation of mRNA Covid Vaccines Due to “Alarming Safety Profile”
So the chief medical officer must be replaced
An abundance of Political caution.
It seems like just last year that our government was treating us citizens of Australia as criminals over this virus.
It's just a test FFS... get a grip
I mean, it’s called advice for a reason. Now who leaked the document?
Popular politics.
Albo said a couple of days ago he was waiting on the medical advice before making a decision on what to do. Why did he decide to go the opposite way.
Of course he did...
This person's 'advise' is always inconsistent and politically motivated. I can not trust him.
Mark_Butler_MP appears to be deliberately misleading the Australian public about this. Where we had hopes of honesty and transparency from this government, we’re getting the same crap we got from Morrison!
Of course, he did. He is staying firm to his previous statement that covid is not exceptional.
Coalition appointee, his reaction is not surprising!
inconsistent to drop isolation rules here because we have to live with covid but test for covid for travellers from china because covid isn’t over.
But everybody is happy about it
Time for a new CMO and to end the fantasy that letting covid rip leads to happily living with covid. 15,000 Australians dead and millions with long term damage thanks to delusional policy. Masks, ventilation, hepa filtration, iso when positive. All cheap, effective measures.
I think that no one cares what the CMO thinks he is irrelevant and still pushing the former gov line
People in china are dropping like flies, and this m0r0n advocates complacency . Who is paying this guy? Chinese?
Fascinating to see the confected outrage Of all the things to be outraged about This is a minor inconvenience, especially for ppl coming from China, compared to what they’ve been going through there Also compared to the requirements to enter China
I’ve never felt confident in advice given by Paul Kelly
I don't have a problem with incoming from China having to show a negative Covid test. We have come so far. We don't know if the virus has changed in China and if there is a new strain. Their vaccines don't appear to be very efficient. The right decision was made.
where was this genius when the rest of the world was reopening in 2021? About Albo, he does what Andrews has done all the time, political decisions conceived as public health ones.
He is not keeping up the the evidence from other countries. If we had good immunity from previous infections and vaccines then the UK and USA etc would not be seeing such a huge wave of Covid! Herd immunity is untrue.
Thanks CMO for speaking up
Whow!! So why do we have Medical Officers paid by tax payers when politicians just make their own decisions without any expertise
Labor were criticised for not doing it when other countries were now they still getting in strife. My god!! Better safe than sorry!!
One of the first times the scientific view has been made public and surprise, surprise, decisions are being made based on the politics rather than the science. Now lets see the medical advice that created Melbourne syndrome.
Why is he still there?
Concerned for Kim Landers’s voice on AM this morning, sounds strained and sore. Speech Pathologist referral might help relax vocal folds. Hope she’s okay?
He is trying to save his ar$e.
annastaciamp yvettedath qldhealth qldpolice “It’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong”. Voltaire
Speaking of 'disproportionate'...
Disproportionate? How so? Travel is happening, there's all sorts of horror stories coming out of China re this wave, and the Chinese authorities aren't saying anything.
Hasn't been a rational decision in years why start now.
Well I’d be surprised if he didn’t think that We should have stringent requirements and they should apply to all This is going to be awful
When even a simple test is just too much for international capitalism to bear 🙄
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