Outspoken Big Brother star Daniel Hayes slams Australia’s Covid rules and ‘fear mongering’
Outspoken Big Brother housemate Daniel Hayes has criticized Australia’s heavy-handed response to the Covid pandemic.
Speaking on Instagram Stories this week, the 48-year-old businessman slammed the government and some aspects of the media for their handling of the pandemic.
He said he recently returned from overseas and was shocked to see Australians are still worried about the virus while the rest of the world moves on.
Outspoken Big Brother housemate Daniel Hayes has criticized Australia’s heavy-handed response to the Covid pandemic. He said he recently returned from overseas and was shocked to see Australians are still worried about the virus while the rest of the world moves on
He said the public should be educated on how age and pre-existing health conditions affect the consequences of Covid, noting how the majority of healthy people who contract the virus will make a full recovery.
After recently spending 75 days visiting “about seven different countries,” Hayes said other nations have accepted the risk of Covid and the fact that there is inevitably a small risk of death from exposure, but have learned to cope with the virus to live.
He recalled visiting a hotel in England where there was a sign saying “We don’t use the C-word here,” showing how areas outside Australia had developed.
He said the public should be educated on how age and pre-existing health conditions affect the consequences of Covid, noting how the majority of people who contract the virus make a full recovery
Hayes, who appeared very excited, said he was alarmed to return to Australia and see reports that Covid was “worse than ever”.
He also noted he had recently caught the flu, which was “10 times worse” than Covid.
Hayes, who is vaccinated against Covid-19, had previously criticized Australia’s handling of Novak Djokovic’s deportation in January.
The Serbian tennis champion had his visa canceled twice, spent time in hotel detention and was eventually thrown out of the country after arriving for the Australian Open without having met Covid vaccine requirements.
He also noted he had recently caught the flu, which was “10 times worse” than Covid
“Australia is the laughing stock of the world – no more RAT tests – no more food – didn’t the government have the foresight to see this coming?” he said.
‘[Allowing him to stay would be] a total kick in the gut for all people who have lost loved ones, for all people who have been forced to get double stitches, for all people who have struggled mentally and emotionally.
“He should go home and Australia should welcome that. That’s not really a crack Djokovic, [but] a crack at the utter incompetence of our government.’
Hayes, who is vaccinated against Covid-19, had previously criticized Australia’s handling of Novak Djokovic’s deportation in January. (Djokovic is pictured in Melbourne on January 12)