Rugby league presenter Erin Molan has condemned Bryce Cartwright’s wife for making an “incredibly dangerous” comparison between anti-vaxxers and Holocaust victims.
On Friday, the Queensland Government pushed for three Gold Coast Titans players – Bryce Cartwright, Nathan Peats and Brian Kelly – to be stood down by the NRL after they refused to take the flu jab earlier this week.
Although Peats revealed he would accept the vaccination, Cartwright’s wife complained about the decision on Instagram, arguing rugby league players should not be forced to take a flu shot to play.
Amid a series of bizarre posts suggesting the coronavirus epidemic is a “scam”, Shanelle shared an image of Holocaust victim Anne Frank with the caption: “The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law, the people who killed her were following it.”
The image was originally posted by the wife of former NRL player Frank Winterstein.
On Sunday, Molan slammed Shanelle for seemingly likening anti-vaccination protests to what Jews endured in the Holocaust. Although she conceded freedom of choice is “really important”, Molan labelled the posts as “incredibly dangerous” for the NRL and the wider community.
“The issue I have, particularly with the couple of players in Queensland and their wives, is freedom of choice is one thing, but to start to spout information that is incredibly dangerous, to start to liken anti-vaccination in this country to the plight of the Jews during the Holocaust … I just think that’s one of the main issues, it’s dangerous.”
Read the article in the Gold Coast Bulletin.