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Craig Kelly Is Back On His Misinformation Bullshit Share To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Despite getting a tongue lashing from Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Craig Kelly is back doing what he does best: undermining Australia’s vaccination rollout by promoting an unproven COVID-19 medical treatment that goes against the advice of Australia’s top medical experts. On Wednesday...

Mr Kelly, a NSW Liberal MP who worked as an export manager before his election to Parliament in 2010, is an ardent supporter of using hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, the US National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organisation, all strongly recommend hydroxychloroquine not be taken to treat COVID-19, as there is evidence it does not work and may cause harm. Advertisement Examine newsletter Science and health explained and analysed with a rigorous focus on the evidence. Examine is a weekly newsletter by science r...

Tapeworm, vertigo and pancreatitis drugs are being trialled as COVID-19 treatments By the Specialist Reporting Team's Alison Branley and national medical reporter Sophie Scott Posted SunSunday 24 updated MonMonday 25 Australian researchers are part of global efforts to trial potential COVID-19 treatments. ( Print text only Cancel With COVID-19 vaccines on their way, it's time to breathe a sigh of relief right? Well, maybe not. Key points: It includes drugs to treat tapeworm, pancreatitis, vertigo and cancer Experts warn clinical trials don't always translate into effective human treatments M...

Save Share Modesty has its limits and on this anniversary of Australia’s first COVID-19 case, it’s time to tell the story of how our scientists took a bold leading role, bringing the world with them, as the pandemic began. For the first three months, through preparedness and agility, they were able to bestow a number of scientific gifts that would help the world manage COVID-19. In early January 2020, there was increasing chatter in the global infectious disease community about an unusual “pneumonia” in Wuhan. Edward Holmes, a renowned and somewhat rebellious virologist fr...

Share on Twitter Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged senior government figures to publicly call out Liberal MP Craig Kelly for sharing misleading information about COVID-19, as the controversial backbencher denied spreading misinformation.  Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Health Minister Greg Hunt on Tuesday refused to criticise Mr Kelly after he posted the results of a study that said forcing children to wear face masks was akin to "child abuse" on Facebook, with Mr McCormack stating: "facts are sometimes contentious". The German study, which has not bee...