Pete Evans is becoming a danger to Australia
By: Tansy Bradshaw
Tags: Australia, Covid 19, Right Wing, Pete Evans, Coronavirus

Pete Evans is becoming a danger to Australia

For once, I would just like to go onto Twitter and not see Pete Evans trending. Over the past few weeks, I have watched his career implode. Being the political junkie that I am, I knew how bad it was that he was praising OAN (One American News). I knew that there are plenty of others who have written about him — what more could I add? Well, with an outbreak in Sydney and his comments to the people there to ‘not get tested’. I have had enough.

Image taken from the Queensland Times

Taking a leap out of John Oliver’s Ted Cruz poem. I have penned the following.

I do not like that man called Pete

His far-fetched claims are quite a feet.

From palieo diet to baby food.

Seriously his ideas are screwed.

Calling for Sydney Siders to not get tested.

I can see where your thoughts are invested.

Don’t you realise that wearing a MAGA hat.

Despite being an Aussie, makes you look like a twat.

If you want a deeper dive — watch the below video.

I want to focus on a theme that is very timely, the pandemic, and the BioCharger.

In the first video, YouTuber, Jeff Holiday shows a clip of what Pete Evans said about the Biocharger, he claimed that: ‘… it’s programmed with a thousand different recepies, a couple in their for Wuhan-Caroniavirus.’

After this Faceboook live, ththe Therapeuticc Goods Administration launched an investigation about the validity of his claims. The video happened on April 9th, and by April 24th — the TGA had fined his company (which he is the sole Director/Secretary of) a total of $25,200 AU ($19,196.78 US) for two infringments.

The first was in relation to COVID, the others were in relation to breaches on his website www.peteevans.com which included the claims that were unfounded.

The claims were:

“proven to restore strength, stamina, co-ordination and mental clarity” “sharpening your mental clarity” “recovery….from an injury, stress” “accelerating muscle recovery and reducing stiffness in joints”.

If you want to see some scientists break down the glorified Dalek, then I recommend the following video.

In the more recent past,, Pete Evans has praised OAN reporter and friend, Chanel Rion for asking the right questions during the pandemic. He says that people like her, who after getting banned from the White House Press Briefings because she wouldn’t comply with the safety measures put in place and then stated she was personally invited, should be taken seriously. Someone who is actively putting others in harms way, just to satisfy your own entitlement is irrisposable.

Don’t think we have our own OAN over here?

Well, may I please introduce to one of Pete’s favourite companies, the Australian National Review. According to their twitter page they refer to themselves as, ‘Australia’s first real free and independent press. It is a force for good with no editorial control by the elite.’

People might say it is good that we only have a few people such as Pete that are in the public eye; however, whether people know it or not the right-wing of Australian viewpoints are there.

They have Alex Jones, we have Alan Jones.

According to Media Bias/Fact Check, Australian National Review comes on the right end of the scale.

Image by Author.

Just a scroll on Twitter shows that align to Pete Evans, as he is interviewed by the reporters there. These include; voter fraud, anti-vaxxers and more. Now, people can have a right to have these views, the problem happens when the world is in situations like it is now.

Views like the ones Pete Evans sprouts are dangerous when it comes to an influence you may have over people, that could cause harm to them. We hold doctors and nurses to the Hippocratic oath — I personally don’t see why we can’t have a version of that for people that give advice without evidence-based science to back up their claims.

Pete Evans saying Sydney siders shouldn’t get tested for COVID isn’t stupid — it is outright negligent.