Virgin boss explains death comment
Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka sets record straight on “some people may die” comment. Picture: Supplied.
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by Gerard Cockburn
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Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka has explained her controversial comment that Australia’s borders need to reopen even if “some people may die” in a memo to staff.
Ms Hrdlicka sparked outrage earlier this week when attempting to make the case that Australians needed to accept COVID in the community.
“It will make us sick but won’t put us into hospital. Some people may die but it will be way smaller than the flu,” she told a Queensland University of Technology forum in Brisbane on Monday.