====== Rebekah Barnett ======

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**Rebekah Barnett** is a writer and investigative journalist based in [[australia:western_australia:Perth]], [[Australia]]. She publishes the [[Dystopian Down Under]] newsletter on [[Substack]].((//Rebekah Barnett.// Substack. Retrieved February 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230217160631/https://substack.com/profile/33332405-rebekah-barnett))

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

On February 23, 2023, Barnett reported that the [[Government of South Australia]] engaged in deceptive marketing practices while promoting the fifth dose of [[COVID-19 vaccines]] for Australians. A press release issued by the government asserts that "people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 face much higher risks, including eight times higher risk of hospitalisation and five times higher risk of death, compared to people with up-to-date vaccinations."((//Fifth dose rollout starts as SAHMRI shows unvaccinated face higher risks from COVID.// (2023, February 20). Premier of South Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230220224455/https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-items/fifth-dose-rollout-starts-as-sahmri-shows-unvaccinated-face-higher-risks-from-covid)) It cites a study by the [[South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute]] (SAHMRI), but failed to provide the study itself. Subsequent requests for clarification yielded no further disclosures.((Barnett, R. (2023, February 23). //SA Gov wants you to take their word for it that the unvaccinated are 5x more likely to die from Covid.// Substack. https://archive.ph/tZm2B))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.instagram.com/dystopiandownunder/|Instagram]]
  * [[https://substack.com/profile/33332405-rebekah-barnett|Substack]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/dystopian_DU|Twitter]]