Up to 24,000 Australian teens jabbed in mass vaccination effort while police, not parents, supervise

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SYDNEY, Australia (LifeSiteNews) — A plan to jab 24,000 Australian teenagers at a mass vaccination site raised eyebrows after New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard advised parents to “stay outside the arena” while their children were “ushered” inside by police officers and nurses. 

In a video that was clipped and posted to social media, Hazzard told parents of teens invited to get their first jab at Qudos Bank Arena to stay outside while their children were given the experimental shot, which has been linked to serious possible side effects for young people, including myocarditis. 

In an August 6 public announcement of the plan, Hazzard likened the opportunity to get the jab at the Super Dome in the NSW capital city to Olympic athletes “going for gold.” 

The health minister said the young people must enter the stadium alone, ostensibly to avoid crowding. 

“If mum, or dad, or one of your family drop you, make sure they stay outside the arena,” Hazzard said, “because we don’t want too many people, obviously, milling around inside the arena.” 

After directing the minors to enter the stadium without parental accompaniment, Hazzard assured parents that the teens would be “literally ushered” into the stadium by nurses and law enforcement officers, including police officers affiliated with the “Youth Command,” a service composed of 120 law enforcement officers dedicated to the “reduction and prevention of youth crime and anti-social behaviour.”