Hardline supporter of WA Premier Mark McGowan’s lockdown issues gloating tweet about going to a party with NO masks
- WA epidemiologist Zoe Hyde said she was at two Christmas parties recently
- Nobody was wearing masks at the celebrations due to WA’s Covid zero approach
- ‘Eliminating Covid-19 was always possible. The world chose not to,’ she tweeted
- Dr Hyde earlier said WA shouldn’t open its borders until most had booster shots
An epidemiologist from Western Australia has bragged about attending Christmas parties with no masks in sight due to the state’s ability to ‘sustain zero Covid’.
Dr Zoe Hyde, an infectious disease expert from the University of WA, said she went to two end of year celebrations recently where ‘not a single person was wearing a mask’.
‘And it was okay, because there’s no epidemic where I live,’ she continued in a tweet on Monday night.
‘Western Australia has managed to sustain zero Covid for nearly 2 years. Eliminating Covid-19 was always possible. The world chose not to.’
The tweet sparked a major debate online with one woman asking ‘at what cost?’, referencing the thousands of families who were unable to see loved ones for two years due to Premier Mark McGowan’s tough border closures.
Dr Zoe Hyde, an infectious disease expert from the University of WA, said she went to two end of year celebrations recently where ‘not a single person was wearing a mask’
‘People have been separated from their families for two years. Loved ones have died alone with no compassion or exemptions applied. It’s beyond cruel,’ she wrote.
‘Good on WA, but if any place had the right conditions to achieve Covid zero it was WA – Perth being the most isolated capital city in the world. Comments like these minimise the efforts and sacrifices made by Vic, NSW citizens to keep case numbers down Australia wide (incl WA)’ wrote another.
But others defended Dr Hyde and the state’s hardline approach to the virus.
Premier Mark McGowan said quarantine-free travel would resume from February 5
‘Cruel is spreading covid to your family and others,’ one said,
‘What is beyond cruel is that you want to infect, kill and destroy the lives of many!’ tweeted another.
WA has remained relatively Covid-free throughout the pandemic and the borders have remained shut tight for nearly the entirety.
Earlier this month the premier announced quarantine-free travel into his state would finally resume from February 5.
Dr Hyde had earlier called for the borders to remain shut until residents had received all three Covid-19 vaccinations.
‘We need to know how well our vaccines are going to hold up against [Omicron],’ she told ABC News.
‘I think our existing plan would have worked if we were facing the Delta variant… but I think the conditions are very different now.
‘If we open with our current levels of vaccination, I think the virus is going to spread like wildfire,’ she said, adding the February re-opening would likely lead to hundreds of Covid deaths in WA.
WA has remained relatively Covid-free throughout the pandemic and the borders have remained shut tight for nearly the entirety
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