‘Fascist’ Anti-Vax Riot Sparks COVID Outbreak in Australia—With Rupert Murdoch’s Help
SYDNEY—As Tucker Carlson launches into unhinged tirades about Australia’s “destructive” and “crazy” anti-COVID measures, a virus outbreak linked to a violent anti-vaccine riot is ripping through the Australian city of Melbourne, infecting at least 20 people so far, including a baby.
Disgruntled over vaccine mandates, a mob of rioters blockaded the headquarters of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)—one of the most powerful workers’ unions in the southern hemisphere—late last month. Since the clash, at least five union officials have tested positive for COVID. Another 126 people became “primary close contacts,” and, according to branch secretary John Setka, the disease has spread to family members.
“One of the members, 14 in his family and counting have got it,” Setka, who labeled the rioters as “drunken, fascist, un-Australian morons,” told Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the nation’s public broadcaster, on Wednesday morning. “We have got a case of a four-month-old toddler who has got it. Young children, grandparents. It is just absolutely terrible. Some of them are seriously unwell.”