PM wants 'no jab, no play' to apply to NRL
Gold Coast Titans player Bryce Cartwright has become the face of the anti-vaxxer movement in the NRL after reportedly signing a waiver exempting him from the league's mandated flu shots as the season gets set to resume.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke to 2GB this morning and drew comparisons to the 'no jab, no play' rules he introduced for childcare centres when he was social services minister.
"I think the same rule applies here - no jab, no play," he told 2GB.
Shanelle Cartwright, Bryce's wife, spoke out on social media, saying their children were "a picture of health" despite not having had any immunisations. She also rejected the term anti-vaxxer.
"People have the freedom to say what they like, just like we have the freedom to choose which medical procedures we undergo, but ultimately the proof is in the pudding," she wrote on Instagram.
"What we're doing is going seemingly well seeing the state of their health. So if it's not clear, we're not anti anything. We stand for medical freedom and the right to choose."
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