Dear members,
You may have read in the media overnight about Clive
Palmer’s letter to both the Western Australian Premier and Chief Health
Officer.
The letter, which you can read in full below, details
Mr Palmer’s intention to launch a class action on behalf of West Australian
citizens should the WA Government decide to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, coerce
people into getting vaccinated when their normal choice would be not to do so,
or in some way incentivise vaccination, thereby altering what would be their
normal choice.
The letter references a recent CDC (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention) study that showed 74% of people in the study
were infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. The majority of
those displayed symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, fever, etc, and four of
those fully vaccinated people were hospitalised.
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Dear Chief Health Officer,
Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program
1. I act for Mr. Clive F Palmer.
2. I enclose, for your attention, a copy of the
study entitled: “Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19
Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings —
Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021”
(CDC Study) published 30 July 2021 by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
3. The CDC Study is also accessible HERE
4. I am instructed by Mr Palmer that:
A) the CDC Study found:
- During July 2021, 469 cases of COVID-19 associated with multiple summer
events and large public gatherings in a town in Barnstable County,
Massachusetts, were identified among Massachusetts residents; vaccination
coverage among eligible Massachusetts residents was 69%.
- Approximately three quarters (346; 74%) of cases occurred in fully vaccinated
persons (those who had completed a 2-dose course of mRNA vaccine
[Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna] or had received a single dose of Janssen [Johnson
& Johnson] vaccine ≥14days before exposure).
- Overall, 274 (79%) vaccinated patients with breakthrough infection were
symptomatic, with the most common symptoms being cough, headache, sore throat,
myalgia and fever.
- Among five COVID-19 patients who were hospitalised, four were fully
vaccinated; no deaths were reported. The four vaccinated patients who were
hospitalised were aged between 20 and 70.
- Vaccine products received by persons experiencing breakthrough infections
were Pfizer-BioNTech (159; 46%), Moderna (131; 38%), and Janssen (56; 16%);
among fully vaccinated persons in the Massachusetts general population, 56% had
received Pfizer-BioNTech, 38% had received Moderna, and 7% had received Janssen
vaccine products.
- Genomic sequencing of specimens from 133 patients identified the
B.1.617.2 (Delta)variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in 119
(89%) and the DeltaAY.3 sublineage in one (1%).
B) the function of a vaccine, properly so called and
as understood by the public, is to:
i) stop the vaccinated person from becoming infected
with a human disease caused by the relevant virus, and to provide immunity
against that disease in due course;
ii) prevent a vaccinated person from developing
symptoms of the disease caused by the relevant virus; and
iii) stop transmission of the relevant disease by a
vaccinated person.
C) his view is that:
i) it is clear from the CDC Study that the COVID-19
vaccines do not successfully carry out any of these functions. The COVID-19
vaccines fail on all three criteria.
ii) the COVID-19 vaccines have failed and are not fit
to be regarded as vaccines at all.
D) further:
i) there is no safety data for one, three or five-year
safety data for the use of these vaccines;
ii) there is no data regarding the safety of the
vaccine for children and pregnant women.
5. Mr Palmer’s view is that: A) the CDC Study shows statistically significant
numbers of people said to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are:
i) becoming infected with COVID-19 or its variants;
ii) becoming symptomatic;
iii) transmitting the disease; and
iv) being admitted to hospital.
B) people are being injected with the COVID-19 vaccines,
risking their health and their lives, for no good reason.
C) as a member of the Western Australian public
service, under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (WA)¸ you are
obliged to:
i) act in a way that protects and promotes the
interests of the WA health system;
ii) make decisions based on fair and objective
processes; and
iii) ensure your decisions are not influenced by
self-interest, considerations of personal gain or other improper motives
D) as it stands, you continue to roll out the COVID-19
vaccines despite:
i) a lack of data supporting the efficacy and safety
of the vaccines;
ii) clear safety issues, which are known and
quantified; and
iii) data from the leading diseases peak body
internationally, the CDC, which demonstrates that the vaccines, for the reasons
above, are ineffective against COVID-19 and its variants and therefore do not fulfil
their purpose.
6. Mr Palmer’s position is that:
A) you are providing the public with incomplete,
incorrect and misleading information regarding the COVID-19 vaccines;
B) you are advocating for the vaccination of the
Australian public on the basis of this incomplete, incorrect and misleading
information;
C) if you or your Government cause to be implemented
legislation, regulations, policies or make declarations which:
i) require or coerce individuals to be vaccinated with
a COVID-19 vaccine; and
ii) incentivise vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine,
then that will cause economic loss to be caused to
businesses and individuals who decide not to be vaccinated (“the Class”)
and Mr Palmer intends to fund a class action seeking:
iii) an injunction in respect of the introduction of
those measures; and
iv. damages for the economic loss caused, and/or
likely to be caused, to the Class;
D) it is unconscionable for you to:
i) perpetuate the falsehood that the COVID-19 vaccines
prevent a person from becoming infected with the disease and prevent a person
from infecting others; and
ii) support measures which require or coerce
individuals to be vaccinated, or otherwise incentivise vaccination, and Mr
Palmer may also bring an action against you personally.
7. I look forward to receiving your response as soon as
possible and, in any event, within 7 days.
