We all need to stand up and call out misconduct
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February 22, 2021 10.00pm
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The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number.
WORKPLACE CULTURE
Brittany Higgins’ story is sadly still far too common (“Confronting the toxic culture in Canberra”,
The Age, 18/2). We still see it across many settings – sporting clubs, businesses, care institutions, churches, schools, medical and law precincts. You are not a team player if you speak up in defence of someone. Silence and solidarity cover up failure, and put the institution before the individual.
Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
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February 21, 2021 10.00pm
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The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number.
IMMUNISATION
Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path
I have observed anti-vaccination protesters holding up signs stating “Not anti-vax, pro-choice”. And this is of course true; as sovereign citizens in a vibrant democracy they should have every right to exercise their own choice. But I am sure they will agree that with rights come responsibilities. Modern genetic tracing is marvellously exact and the pathways of viral infections through a population can be traced. Therefore those people who of their own choice do not take the available precautions to avoid viral infection have the responsibility to pay for all costs of treatment for themselves (but of course they must have the right to choose