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QueenslandAs chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, says
death threats and extreme trolling have taken an oenormous
tollo, with a permanent police escort now assigned to the
officer.

The stateAs leadership, including Young, have come under intense
scrutiny in recent days over QueenslandAs hardline approach to
border control, which has prevented multiple family members from
attending loved oneAs funerals.

The Queensland AMA president, Chris Perry, told the Today show
on Monday that Young had been receiving death threats. He said
she now required police guards at her home and officers owho go
with her everywhereo for her safety.

oIt has been quite stressful and it hasnAt been helped by
cowardly people threatening to take the life of a woman,o he
said.

oIt has been quite toxic.o

On Monday, Young confirmed the intense online trolling has been
extremely difficult to deal with.

oBut then, this [pandemic] has taken an enormous toll on nearly
every single person in our community,o she said.

oWe canAt see a clear end to this. So, weAre going to all have
to work this through together and work out how we can manage
this as well as go forward.o

Young said the governmentAs support had helped her feel omuch,
much safero while doing her job.

The stateAs Liberal opposition and the federal government have
been extremely critical of the Queensland governmentAs approach
to border controls, which has only limited exemptions for
compassionate reasons from NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

On Thursday, the prime minister suggested the country could be
olosing its humanityo during the pandemic while referencing the
case of 26-year-old resident Sarah Caisip, who was barred from
attending her fatherAs funeral last week.

QueenslandAs health minister, Steven Miles, criticised Scott
Morrison on Monday for getting involved in CaisipAs case after
another family member accused the prime minister of using the
matter to oadvance his political agendao.

oWeAve learnt in recent days the prime minister made a mistake
talking about a couple of individual cases recently and was left
with egg on his face when the facts of those cases came out,o he
said.

Miles refused to answer questions at MondayAs press conference
about other families struggling to get into the state to
farewell dying relatives.

oI never have and never will address individual cases a I know
that the chief health officer and her team go through [all
exemption applications] very, very carefully, and wherever they
can they are as compassionate as they possibly can be, while
also ensuring Queenslanders are kept safe,o he said.

Perry told the Today show Young had been working from 5am to
10pm every day in order to get through hundreds of applications
for border control exemptions, and has now had to enlist
additional help.

oIt was quite hard work. She now has eight or 10 people who can
help her do that,o he said.

Queensland reported no new cases of Covid-19 on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia- news/2020/sep/14/queenslands-chief-health-officer-given-police- protection-after-death-threats
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