Health by Ally Foster and Charis Chang 27th Jan 2021 6:26 AM People who get vaccinated may believe they can t spread the coronavirus and could prove to be the next super-spreaders, Harvard University public health student Rushabh Doshi has warned. Writing on KevinMD, a platform founded by Dr Kevin Pho, Doshi noted that it was still unclear whether vaccinated people could still spread the virus. With a slower than expected vaccination rollout to the general public, people who are vaccinated and fail to understand that they can still be carriers of the virus pose an immediate threat to the unvaccinated, Doshi wrote last week.
The ABC has defensively backed down from describing Australia Day as Invasion Day following a complaint from the communications minister.
The national broadcaster published an online events guide on Sunday interchangeably using a politically contentious term to describe the January 26 public holiday commemorating the British First Fleet s 1788 arrival in Sydney Cove.
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher spoke out against this ABC article. The ABC online article is incorrect about Australia Day, he said on Monday. The ABC has clearly got this one wrong.
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The ABC has defensively backed down from describing Australia Day as Invasion Day following a complaint from the communications minister. The national broadcaster published an online events guide on Sunday interchangeably using a politically contentious term to describe the January 26 public holiday commemorating the British First Fleet s 1788 arrival in Sydney Cove. Pictured is a 2020 protest
ABC draws ‘Invasion Day’ ire
The ABC has defended a social media post and article referring to “Australia Day/Invasion Day”, as News Corp publications frame use of the dual terminology as divisive.
Sky News and the News Corp tabloids published comments from a range of parties critical of the terminology used in an ABC article outlining January 26 events, including Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt, One Nation’s Mark Latham, and the Institute of Public Affairs. An ABC spokesperson said that while “Australia Day” remained the preferred terminology “we also recognise and respect that community members use other terms for the event, including ‘26 January’, ‘Invasion Day’ and ‘Survival Day’, so our reporting and coverage reflect that.” NSW Police Minister David Elliott told