Bra Boys gang member Koby Abberton has become the most recent person to weigh in on childhood vaccinations.
Abberton, a founding member of the notorious Bra Boys beach gang from Maroubra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, took to social media to gauge what his followers think about the ongoing vaccination debate.
The international surfer now lives in Bali and told his 56,000 followers his son, Makua, is now fully vaccinated.
However, he posted a graphic pointing out the multi-billion dollar figure the US National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has had to pay out for deaths and permanent disabilities caused by vaccinations.
Bra Boys gang member Koby Abberton has become the most recent person to weigh in on childhood vaccinations (pictured with him) is vaccinated
Abberton, a founding member of the notorious Bra Boys beach gang from Maroubra, took to social media to gauge his followers on what is right when it comes to vaccinations
‘Vaccine companies have paid out 4 billion dollars to families affected by vaccine deaths and disabilities due to vaccines,’ he wrote under the graphic.
The surfer asked his followers to let him know if they noticed a difference in their children before and after they were vaccinated.
‘I’m not sure what’s right and what’s wrong, I post to read real responses and get info for myself off real people,’ he wrote.
‘All I’m doing is showing you public information.’
The post quickly gained attention with a range of responses, including controversial anti-vaxxer and NRL WAG Taylor Winterstein and husband Frank Winterstein.
The wife of the Penrith Panthers star commented: ‘@frankie_winterstein VACCINE FREE AND PROUD of our choices!!!!’
Mr Winterstein also commented saying he was standing up for families who did not want to put their children at risk.
‘My advice to you brother is to read the vaccine package inserts of all these shots – let me know if you need help tracking them down,’ he said to Abberton.
The international surfer now lives in Bali and told his 56,000 followers his son, Makua, is now fully vaccinated
‘ALL the listed ingredients plus ALL the side effects are there in black and white … these are things Dr’s, nurses, the actual people who administer these needles can’t even tell you because they don’t know.’
The post came just hours after Mrs Winterstein faced public backlash from health clinicians over the online wellness and lifestyle programs she promotes.
The mother-of-two – who proudly does not immunise her kids Ziggy and Hendrix – is renowned for her views on anti-vaccination, which she shares with other mothers in an eight-week online program.
Ms Winterstein launched the Liberate Her program on her Tay’s Way website, which she describes as a ‘safe container to help raise children outside a disempowering system that manipulates into making choices out of fear.’
He posted a graphic pointing out the multi-billion dollar figure the US National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has had to pay for deaths and permanent disabilities caused by vaccinations
For $1,400, she promises to help empower mothers while sharing her knowledge about the ‘dangers’ of vaccination and 5G radiation.
The program has come under fire from leading doctors, including surgeon John Cunningham.
‘They’re going to be trying to indoctrinate young parents and particularly mothers in misinformation and fear, which is a shame,’ he told A Current Affair.
‘We’ve got a measles outbreak at the moment in New Zealand that’s spreading over to Australia, and real children are getting real diseases that they just shouldn’t need to experience.’
In a recent Instagram post, Ms Winterstein claimed Samoan families are being forced into hiding to avoid mandatory vaccination.
She has previously claimed parents are ‘bullied’ and ‘pressured’ to immunise their children.
Taylor Winterstein, pictured with husband Frank, has come under fire from medical experts
Taylor Winterstein (right) also offer workshops and programs with her twin sister Stevie (left)
Ms Winterstein runs another program with her identical twin Stevie, offering workshops and programs which promise to help women focus on their wellbeing and lifestyle.
The pair describe themselves as sisters from Sydney’s south-west, practising self-love, advocating self-care and encouraging self-education.
Their program, Break up With Your B******t, covers a vast range of topics from motherhood, relationships and sex to identity, body, intuition and money. The pair say their strongest qualification is their ‘street cred’.
Psychologist Sue Langely says just because they have ‘street cred’ doesn’t mean they are qualified to run wellness programs.
‘Maybe it sounds good because there’s a meme here and a beautiful photo there and whatever but there’s a lot more to the science of wellbeing than just those sorts of things,’ Ms Langely told A Current Affair.
‘I think it’s a very easy way to make money if you’ve already got a following because you’re awesome but if you genuinely need help, and you genuinely want to doing it, there are better ways of and cheaper ways of doing it that would actually work more effectively.’
Neither online program includes face-to-face meetings with the women.
Taylor Winterstein (pictured with her husband, Penrith Panthers NRL star Frank Winterstein) claims to be qualified integrative nutrition health coach
Hours before the A Current Affair segment was due to air on Tuesday, Ms Winterstein took to Instagram to hit back in a six-minute rant slamming the program, describing it as a ‘witch hunt’.
‘Not one complaint has been made from anyone who has bought a product or service off me,’ she captioned the video.
‘I hope ACA runs the story because it will only shine a light on what I am doing in the world and more families who need this message will be able to find me.’
In the the video, she reiterates ‘Break up With Your B******t’ is her sister’s program and that every woman who has joined her Liberate Her program has had ‘nothing but incredible results and amazing things to say’.
‘So the question is, if no one is complaining about the products I’m selling or the services I’m giving out that people are buying into, I’m not forcing anyone to buy into anything I’m selling, then why is A Current Affair trying to make me someone that I’m not,’ she said.
She returned to Instagram after the segment aired to respond in a lengthy post, where she also addressed her lack of expertise.
‘The best thing I have going for me is that I am not qualified. I have no degree That is my secret weapon,’ she wrote.
Mrs Winterstein took to Instagram on Tuesday to respond to claims about to be be aired