NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has sent conspiracy theorists wild with an innocent comment about life after lockdown when pubs reopen. Multiple social media accounts accused the state's most senior health bureaucrat of having a secret agenda after she hinted QR codes were likely to stay so people could be contacted if they had visited a Covid exposure site. 'We will be looking at what contact tracing looks like in the new world order,' Dr Chant said on Thursday. Dr Chant's choice of words has triggered conspiracy theorists because the term 'New World Order' has, since the 1990s, been associated with the fear of a tyrannical, one-world government. Video of her comments, from her daily press conference with Premier Gladys Berejiklian, has been posted across Twitter, attracting plenty of debate. Rebecca Wellard suggested sinister motives behind Dr Chant's choice of words. 'New World Order? Listen... we've been told! Was this an accidental mention? New World Order,' she said. Someone else suggested the state government's drive to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of the New South Wales population, aged 16 and over, by mid-October to end lockdowns was evidence of a New World Order plot. 'A slip..?? And with the "Jab" being pursued with pretty much manic obsession, one could surely be suspicious of a NWO ulterior motive...if one was a conspiracy theorist,' he said. But another comment on Twitter mocked the conspiracy theorists. 'Anti-vaxxers be losing their minds over that comment,' she said. The American Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group, said right-wing conspiracy theorists had used the term 'New World Order' since the 1990s to suggest socialists were out to eliminate the freedom-orientated United States. NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has sent conspiracy theorists wild with an innocent comment about life after lockdown when pubs reopen. Multiple social media accounts accused the state's most senior health bureaucrat of having a secret agenda after she hinted QR codes were likely to stay so people could be contacted if they had visited a Covid exposure site Former US President George Bush senior in 1991 had also used the phrase 'New World Order' to describe a new era of international co-operation after the Gulf War. Allied coalition forces in January 1991, including Egypt and other Arab nations, had successfully launched an offensive against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's forces, which had invaded Kuwait. The late President Bush, a moderate Republican from the conservative side of politics, used that military success to hail 'new ways of working with other nations' during a post Cold War era, following the success of Operation Desert Storm which had the backing of the UN Security Council. 'More than one small country; it is a big idea; a New World Order,' he said. The very term New World Order has long been associated with the idea of globalists having an agenda but the evidence, so far, indicating Covid originated in Wuhan has sparked new conspiracy theories about Communist China spreading a virus to destroy liberal democracies in the West On Thursday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a roadmap to release Sydney from lockdown when 70 per cent of the working age and adult population was fully vaccinated. But only those who had received two doses of either AstraZeneca or Pfizer would be allowed to visit a pub or restaurant or get a haircut In January 1918, American Democrat President Woodrow Wilson used the phrase 'new world' to spell out his vision for peace after World War I, which included a global 'general association' that became the League of Nations, the UN's predecessor. The very term New World Order has long been associated with the idea of globalists having an agenda. The evidence, so far, indicating Covid originated in Wuhan has sparked new conspiracy theories about Communist China spreading a virus to destroy liberal democracies in the West. On Thursday, Ms Berejiklian announced a roadmap to release Sydney from lockdown when 70 per cent of the working age and adult population was fully vaccinated. But only those who had received two doses of either AstraZeneca or Pfizer would be allowed to visit a pub or restaurant or get a haircut. As of Friday, 76.4 per cent of people had received a first dose with 43.6 per cent fully vaccinated as 1,542 new cases of the Delta variant and nine deaths were announced. Former US President George Bush senior in 1991 had also used the phrase 'New World Order' to describe a new era of international co-operation after the Gulf War All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility