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A Gold Coast hair salon owner has been criticised by one of Queensland s top GPs for a social media post that he believes was dangerous and ill-informed . We are not your hairdresser if you have the COVID vax, the post said.
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The claims made have been slammed by Queensland chair of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Bruce Willet, who said the post shows a lack of understanding and was dangerous .(Nine) We have to take into consideration the 1000s of reported side effects this shot has shown so far. Such as - unusual signs and symptoms within the menstrual cycle, such as heavy bleeding, flooding, clotting and sporting [sic] at times in the cycle when it s not normal to do so, seizures, blood clotting, bruising within the legs and so on.
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Subscriber only Yazmina Adler, owner of the Khemia HI Vibe Frequency Salon at Palm Beach, unleashed a storm of controversy when she announced on Instagram this week that clients who had received the jab were not welcome in her shop because of the vaccine s unknown health effects and reputed unusual signs and symptoms within the menstrual cycle . The decision was slammed as ill-informed to the point of being dangerous and irresponsible by Dr Bruce Willett, Queensland chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. While other health experts labelled it as absurd, ridiculous and causing a public health risk , and Dr Sonu Haikerwal, of the Upper Coomera Respiratory Clinic and Haan Health called it a slap in the face to the health workers who ve ensured the community remains free of COVID-19 .
Family doctors and their staff face regular death threats from angry patients vowing to burn down their homes and hunt down their children as a GP shortage reaches crisis point. International travel bans are preventing the recruitment of more doctors from some countries, exacerbating jammed appointment schedules across the state. Rising populations and a flood of patients seeking help for serious mental health conditions and substance abuse are also being blamed for the shocking rise in abuse, with receptionists being abused and insulted daily as they tell desperate patients that they can t squeeze them. Family First Medical Centre practice manager Carrie Norval outlined the extent of the threats in a Facebook post that sparked dozens of doctors and practice managers from Bundaberg to Brisbane to reveal they too live in fear and their work situation has become unbearable.
Authorities have reassured Queenslanders the benefits of receiving the coronavirus vaccine outweigh the risks after a 66-year-old Townsville man became the 11th person to develop blood clots. The man, who has a chronic illness, got the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab spent days fighting for his life in intensive care after developing rare blood clots in his stomach. Doctors fear the latest cases of rare blood clots could increase vaccine hesitancy in the community - despite the benefits of getting the jab still outweighing the risks. The Townsville man was one of five reported cases of rare blood clots - known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) - directly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in the last week.