Anti-vaxxer teacher in Victoria seeks to infect kids with measles
THE teacher who seemingly sought to deliberately infect her children with the deadly measles worked at the prestigious Geelong Grammar, it can be revealed.
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THE teacher who seemingly sought to deliberately infect her children with the deadly measles worked at the prestigious Geelong Grammar, it can be revealed.
The anti-vaccination teacher appears to have used an online post to encourage parents of infected children to “share” the highly contagious disease with her kids.
Her shocking post came after the Health Department warned of a measles outbreak in Melbourne’s suburbs earlier this month.
Geelong Grammar School refused to take calls from the Herald Sun but released a brief statement which stated the teacher’s views did not represent the school.
“The principal is the sole spokesman for the school and only the principal can represent the views of the school,” read the statement.
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Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy blasted the teacher as “irresponsible”.
“People who spread harmful anti-vaccination lies will not be tolerated in Victoria — and teachers, of all people, should know better,” she said.
“Those who are peddling these lies are putting the health and safety of Victorian children at risk and we won’t stand for it.
“Vaccinations save lives.”
The teacher, a mother of two, posted her comment on the Australia: Childcare for Unvaccinated Children Facebook page.
A member wrote: “With the recent measles outbreak near Dandenong, please contact/message me if your children get measles and you are happy to share.”
The teacher responded: “Same plz!”
Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton said he could not “fathom why any parent would put their child at such a risk”.
He said anti-vaxxers were irresponsible and put the health and safety of children at risk.
“Measles still kills hundreds of thousands of children globally each year,” he said.
“And around one in a thousand in Australia will die if infected.”
The Herald Sun has chosen not to name the teacher.
Other anti-vax parents were also caught actively trying to expose their unimmunised kids in the wake of the suburban measles warning.
Anti-vaxxer parents can no longer rely on doctors to help skirt “no jab, no play” rules.
New laws were passed on Wednesday to prevent dodgy doctors from giving early-childhood education providers fake medical letters.
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