Despite more than 80 per cent of those aged 16 and over being fully vaccinated in Australia, an extreme anti-Covid group has called for new measures to reduce infection numbers to zero.
It comes as Covid-19 infections in NSW and Victoria continue to fall, despite the lockdowns easing over the past two months.
A Health Before Profits Australia (HBPA) Gofundme campaign raised enough money to pay for a full page newspaper ad over the weekend, advocating for strict conditions to tackle the pandemic.
Among the measures the group is calling for are: the vaccination of children down to six months old; a vaccination target of 90% of the entire population; and federal financial support based on a living wage for those required to stay at home.
More than 80 per cent of those aged 16 and over already fully vaccinated in Australia, but a health advocacy group is calling for new measures to combat Covid-19
Activists from HBPA, Zero Covid Australia and Zero Covid Schools, doctors and concerned citizens collaborated to publish the advertisement in The Saturday Paper arguing for prioritising public health in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia.
Duncan Hart, from HBPA said, 'it has been one of the most distressing features of the pandemic, to see the Prime Minister, NSW and Victorian premiers encouraging people to accept preventable Covid deaths and who knows how many long-Covid cases while opening up without proper mitigation measures.'
Mr Hart said the group is aiming to both educate and pressure governments to do what is necessary to minimise the impact of the virus. 'The measures outlined in the advertisement are simple, effective and scientifically proven to help reduce transmission,' he said.
Dr David Berger, who helped write the ad, said: 'What is the main purpose of a government if it is not to protect its people?'
A woman jumps off the boardwalk at foreshore in 30 degree heat as Melbournians hit the beach in St Kilda while 10,000 racegoers descended on Flemington Racecourse for the 2021 Melbourne Cup, taking place in a post-lockdown Melbourne
A Health Before Profits Australia Gofundme campaign raised enough money to pay for a full page newspaper ad
Revelers at a Melbourne Cup lunch enjoying freedoms in a post-lockdown Melbourne
