We are talking about Craig Kelly who is not a medical practitioner or a scientist criticizing trained professionals ,he has lined him self up with anti vac people and casting doubt on our top medical professionals and calling children wearing masks child abuse.
One thing free speech does is confirm what you always thought about someone.
Labor has launched a stinging attack on Health Minister Greg Hunt for his response to claims by Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly that a top doctor has “misled” Australians about the coronavirus.
“Greg Hunt has undermined those crucial institutions by failing to condemn the dangerous views of this rogue backbencher,” shadow health spokesman Chris Bowen said.
Mr Kelly, the member for Hughes, claimed at the weekend that deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth had “misled” Australians and should resign.
It came after Dr Coatsworth criticised Mr Kelly’s constant social media posts in support of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug touted by some –
including US President Donald Trump – as a possible coronavirus treatment in the early stages of the pandemic.
Greg Hunt said he has “the utmost faith” in doctors.
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Australian officials do not support the drug’s use for COVID, with acting chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly saying “it doesn’t work”, and multiple large studies questioning its effectiveness.
Despite that, Mr Kelly has posted on his Facebook page – where he has nearly 60,000 followers – several times a day about hydroxychloroquine. Last week, he also made a speech to that effect in parliament.
In response, Dr Coatsworth said “I think Australians are very clear which Kelly should be listened to in COVID-19, and that is Paul Kelly.”
“Paul Kelly, like myself, like all clinicians around Australia, understands that regrettably hydroxychloroquine is not effective for COVID-19,” he said on Friday.
At the weekend, Mr Kelly claimed in a now-removed Facebook post that Dr Coatsworth “had misled the Australian public” about hydroxychloroquine “and should resign”.
