By Tom Pullar-Strecker on Stuff…
The Commerce Commission has disassociated itself from an anti-vax social media post by associate commissioner John Crawford that compared prominent public health experts to Nazi torturer Josef Mengele.
A spokeswoman for the commission confirmed Crawford had published a post on LinkedIn that incorrectly claimed people under 50 without co-morbidity factors were more at risk from the Covid-19 vaccine than the virus.
The post said it was unethical and immoral to “force the vaccine onto children” and people who were not at risk of Covid “so they can keep their job”.
It went on to state that “Wiles, Baker, Hendry and Jackson”, referring to four of New Zealand’s top public health experts, were “the Dr Mengeles of our generation”.
The social media post was subsequently edited to remove the reference to Mengele, which Crawford acknowledged was “over the top”.
The commission posted a response on LinkedIn stating that Crawford’s post was a “personal statement and these are not views shared by the commission”.
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