A professor’s decision to sanction a student for expressing scepticism about COVID-19 vaccines has been struck down by the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Australia.
The judgement comes as Australian health practitioners continue to face heavy scrutiny over comments or social media posts that do not align with medical orthodoxy around COVID-19.
In October 2021, Leanne Hunt, a senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, cancelled a work placement for nursing student and plaintiff Nera Thiab after hospital coordinators reported her views to the university.
Without the work placement, Thiab would be unable to graduate….