Tuesday, 16 November 2021

COVID-19 vaccination

Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:51): I have had a young couple write to me in desperation. They bought a mobile food trailer to be able to start their own business. Then the lockdowns prevented them from operating as their trade was mainly for travellers. They moved back to their home town, they put their business plans on hold and they looked for alternative work. Any work was very short-lived as they have chosen not to be vaccinated. There are no opportunities available for them. They are expecting a child and they have no income, yet there are ongoing overheads with payments on the food trailer, their rent, their food and their utilities. They cannot run their business, a business that they have worked hard for and that they hoped would provide independence and provide for their small family. Now they have nothing because of vaccine mandates and because they want to choose what they do with their own bodies.

This is only one of many stories that people are sharing with me. When will the government wake up and see what they are actually doing to Victorians? When will they scrap vaccine mandates and introduce rapid testing to allow everyone to have a life and earn a living?