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How our Chief Health Officer has become a sex symbol

Brett Sutton has emerged as an unlikely sex symbol during the dreaded COVID-19 presser and sobering numbers game each day, with online fan groups describing him as ‘Chief Swoon Officer’ and ‘Dr Brett McHunk’. Take that, McDreamy.

A picture from the ‘Brett Sutton is HOT’ Facebook page.
A picture from the ‘Brett Sutton is HOT’ Facebook page.

Brett Sutton is officially the thinking woman’s crumpet.

Scrap that. The Victorian Chief Health Officer is everybody’s morning crumpet, with the LGBTQI community also swooning.

Professor Sutton has emerged as an unlikely sex symbol as we tune in daily for the dreaded COVID presser and sobering numbers game.

Brett Sutton in his younger days.
Brett Sutton in his younger days.
Sutton soothing us at a press conference. Picture: David Geraghty
Sutton soothing us at a press conference. Picture: David Geraghty

He reassures and soothes us. He’s also a bit of a silver fox and now appears with tired designer stubble.

More than 2000 people have liked the Facebook page, Brett Sutton is HOT.

“In these trying times it’s always good to remember the great things that have come from this pandemic #sexysutton,” it reads.

Followers describe him as Dr Brett McHunk. Take that, McDreamy.

Prof Sutton spent a decade working in hospital emergency departments before stints overseas took him to Afghanistan and Ethiopia.

Professor Brett Sutton face mask are now available online.
Professor Brett Sutton face mask are now available online.

A photo of a young Sutton in Zanzibar in 1991 (think Michael Hutchence crossed with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder) is doing the rounds.

As the page dedicated to the good doctor best puts it: “Good morning lovely Suttonettes, may our hot and dishevelled Chief Swoon Officer get us through this day.”

page13@news.com.au

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