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13th September 2020

The problem with Brett Sutton, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer – 1

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This is an associated post:  The problem with Brett Sutton, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer – 2

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There is not a SINGLE public health measure directed by Brett Sutton over the past six months that is justified by the science.

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Unverified – from twitter

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Brett Sutton is the crappiest “health officer” in the world. The CRIMINALLY deficient paper to justify mandatory masks in Victoria

==ORIGINAL POST==

I have made a number of comments/suggestions to Brett Sutton. His lack of responsiveness to my questions set me off on a publicly critical path against this Labor government in Victoria – when then meant I had to resign.

I’ll compile my tweets to Sutton separately, later (that’s why this is #1). I want to emphasise that I couldn’t care less about Sutton’s qualifications. It is what he does that matters, and that’s the real issue – but I’ll talk about that separately.

MY COMMENT ON FB EARLIER TODAY

Sweden’s health and mental wellbeing has been managed by one of the world’s foremost epidemiologists. Victoria’s by a GP who believes that a sledgehammer is the best tool to kill a swarm of mosquitoes.

Not everyone might use FB, so sharing the contents of my associated link:
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(by André Rodrigues)

I don’t mind Prof. Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer. I don’t envy his current role but he’s done a lot of good work in his career, particularly in vulnerable populations. He’s got a decent amount of medical experience and expertise, and sound knowledge of communicable diseases (viruses and stuff), he’s even published on Gonorrhoea (seriously).

Most of us are aware that Prof. Brett Sutton is a General Practitioner, so he’s generally qualified to have an educated opinion on health related matters. Most of us are also aware he currently has God-like powers to impose and lift restrictions upon Victorian lives as he and his Deputy CHO see fit, in order to “suppress” (but let’s be honest “eliminate”) the dangerous virus because “to stay at low numbers you have to get to low numbers”. That’s all well and good (it’s not really but for the sake of what I am focusing on, let’s pretend it is…) but is Prof. Brett Sutton qualified to be in his role, assuming such unprecedented authority? My opinion, is a simple no. Here’s why:

Most of us are not aware that the esteemed Prof. Brett Sutton is a Public Health Masters graduate from James Cook University (#462 in QS Rankings). Brett Sutton does not have a PhD. For an academic or clinician with “an international reputation” in his field, Prof. Sutton has a relatively poor and frankly noncompetitive track record in academic circles. In the last 5 years for example, he has been the first author on only 3 research papers (one of each in the fields of Climate Change, Palliative Care and Gonorrhoea).

It is interesting that in March 2020, just prior to Lockdown 1.0, Dr. Brett Sutton was handed an Adjunct Clinical Professor appointment with the Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, by the Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, a Level E appointment (that can only be endorsed by the VC). Level E is the highest level that can be obtained; typically reserved for appointees who have “established an international reputation in the area”. Evidently, Prof. Sutton met eligibility criteria for a Level E academic appointment, without writing more than 1 research paper within the same field of research. His profile is suspiciously scarce of any details (i.e. empty).

Good timing wasn’t it. I mean, its comforting to get health advice from a Professor during a pandemic, he must know and understand things we don’t. I mean it’s not like I have a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health…oh wait, Monash did give me one of those… where’s yours Prof. Sutton?

On a humorous note (but also an alarming one), if Prof. Brett Sutton submitted a job application for my current position, he would not meet the eligibility criteria for an interview (he would get one of those automated emails saying thank you but we had too many applications blah blah ). If Prof. Brett Sutton submitted an NHMRC, ARC or any other Federal or State level grant application as a Chief Investigator, he would not meet the eligibility criteria.

His eyes are kind of dreamy though, I’ll give him that.

Sources:

https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/brett-sutton

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=8YCjA6gAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-sutton-4b574456

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brett_Sutton

 

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35 thoughts on “The problem with Brett Sutton, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer – 1”
  1. Patrick

    FINALLY someone with some research on Dr. Sutton! I have searched and searched on the usual methods and all I managed to find was that female journos seem to think he’s quite hot. I have always wondered why this mystery man has so much power. It appears to be entirely due to cronyism. Thanks for your hard work, Sanjeev, very glad I found this blog.

     
  3. Grumpy

    Along with Patrick I thank you for the information. Not being a social media platform user, I would never have found this out without your help.

     
  4. Bill Richards

    Thank for your work, and learned insight into CHO Sutton. As ‘Grumpy’ ^ implies, information regarding this fellow is quite difficult to find and getting harder by the day.

    Between Andrews’ megalomania and allegiance to Socialism (+ ‘debts’ to various unions) and the complete unsuitability of Dr Sutton (and a few others), it is no wonder that Victoria finds itself in the situation it is.

     
  5. Grazza

    A thought, looking back at the 1918 Spanish Flu and noting that the authorities did not do much different from what our authorities have done this pandemic: lockdowns, masks, excessive cleanliness,… except for blood letting … would we (with or without qualifications in the area) have done any more effectively?

     
  7. Tabs

    You need to research more thoroughly, and understand context better.

    You have omitted his considerable epidemiology experience through his leadership level work with MSF (Medcines San Frontiers) in Afghanistan and other public health work at high level in Kenya.

    You have also failed to understand that Monash University, a part of the “G8” is in the top 50 of worldwide universities… nobody is getting a level E professorship (highest level in the Australian system) without an extensive world class record demonstrating equivalence not only to a PhD (which gets you in 3 grades lower down the scale) but equivalent to the PhD plus about 10 years of high level achievement and widespread recognition in the academic field. Suggesting they give that to just anyone is like suggesting equivalent status Times world ranked universities Carnegie Mellon, NYU, or the London School of Economics and Politics might hand them out like candy… ridiculous.

     
  9. Rob McG

    Sutton is/was a purely political appointment. In any event he won’t be there and neither will several other Andrews era Vic health high level appointees when there is eventually a change of state government. Who can also forget some of the “gems” that have been uttered by his ex-deputy Van Dieman? The relevance (or not) of his professional qualifications doesn’t really surprise anyone does it?

     
  10. Amanda H

    Tab, have read his paper on his “tour” of Afghanistan. He was there for 6 months.
    No mention that he was the leader of anything, he was just part of a team & he certainly was not the organiser.
    The main work they did was handing out vitamins & food supplements to malnourished kids & minor first aid & also some education.

     
  11. Terry

    Well you seem to have done background work but he is a GP, has worked in med emergency.. that is important when decisions have to be made quickly.So that’s a plus correct me if I am wrong in saying you omitted that .
    In relation to virology and infectious disease, sure I agree that not having that is a weakness. But tell me, precisely who are key experts with quals in infectious that ARE IN PRACTICE OR HAVE BEEN ..that are a support to him in the Department . And also isn’t it OK to get advice from acknowledged experts who have qualifications like Prof Peter Col.and day Prof Mary Mc. just to mention 2 others. I’m not at all impressed by Prof Murphy.. he spoke generally all the time, never heard ant detail from him in areas of virology or infectious disease. He did zip to me and was a bureaucrat . Now more of a bureaucrat earning very big dollars for being a coordinator of vacc logistics and policy.. he wouldn’t write a single policy . What are his quals. He is a low standard abd says very little
    So Sutton looks and cone over better than Murphy.
    So in summary, who supports Sutton abd what are their virology abd infectious disease quals and experience. If they exist, that s ok for me
    But I admit that Sutton doesn’t seem to feel comfortable without the right quals
    But I disagree with anti lockdown people. Now that we can look back on data, it is abundantly clear that when things got bad overseas, we all know these lax nations had to impose lockdowns abd they did work . People argue about seasonality causes spikes, but there is no algorithm that proves that all..im no virologist , but what I know is this. The recognised classic infectious disease approach in a pandemic is to isolate , that is the historical and expert opinion, I support that

     
  13. Scotti

    I looked up the registry of medical practitioners of Australia, yes Mr sutton is registered but not in this epidemic field, however he is doing better than Mr hunt, Australia’s health minister. The only Greg hunt I found is registered in W.A, as a pharmacist,
    Hang on aren’t pharmaceutical companies the ONES cashing in on this.?
    It would be better if qualified professionals were standing in the roles of these ministers, all of them.

     
  14. Richard Chan

    Another dud appointed by Victorian Labor. Every time i hear James Merlino comment on the latest Melbourne Corona lockdown by claiming “we are doing this on medical advice” i will reflect on what I have read in this article about Mr Sutton. As for Tabs comments above, Monash or any other University in Melbourne is not worth any credible world wide University ranking. Victoria’s high school students roam shopping centres during the day when they are supposed to be in class all over Melbourne and when they eventually apply for university, the entry requirements are dum downed and lowered for their poor written and mathematical skills. Top 50 Tabbs, you have to be kidding!.

     
  15. Chris

    Sutton, obviously, is not qualified for his current job, and yes must be a “job for the boys” or “yes man” ( does Dan have anyone who isn’t that on his team?).
    Cannot believe the explosive and emotive language he used to justify the current lock down. Disgraceful.
    Anyone with a modicum of decency would resign- decency is something that is clearly lacking in the current Victorian Government.

     
  16. Desi

    it seems Suttons best qualification for the job is his brothers wife. In 2006, Sutton was a reality TV show ER doctor, removing a pea lodged in a child’s nose. Fast forward 14 years and Sutton is chief medical officer of Victoria. During a ‘pandemic’ no less. That’s quite a transformation.

     
  17. Tony

    To clarify the above comments, he is not a GP. He is a medical doctor who worked in various emergency departments then obtained his fellowship as a public health physician. At least get your facts correct.

     
  18. Stuart Paterson

    Having read all these comments and considered any bias over the literature,
    I am more covinced now that “Prof” Sutton
    is in the CHO job as a favour from Andrews.
    This government is both weak and possibly
    less than honest with the voters. We really
    need changes in both jobs.

     
  19. garry b

    Seems qualified, sort of. Assume he got some sort of medical degree, somewhere, somehow. Has experience and knowledge about Gonorhea, so suppose his office is close to the clinic in the city so that he can keep up to date. The “Professor” title is impressive if you drop the word “adjunct”. Of course I can not know it for a fact, but wonder if the powers that be at Monash Uni got a call asking what could be done to burnish up the image of their new CHMO. Obviously an Honorary Doctorate for a person who was already a doctor would not convey the right message. Maybe my suspicions are wrong, and he busies himself nightly teaching classes, or maybe not. He is qualified presumably to present TV presentations (widely acclaimed) and I assume has the right political connections. And it is a good job normally, only have to work office hours, good pay, super, no complications in buying into and managing a practice, treating whining patients. While all of this is an assumption, I am jealous that I never got the chance. Pity poor Victoria, and its people, for the tens of $billions his advice has cost.

     
  20. Nat

    There is one major point missing in the arguments of everyone here criticising Brett Sutton and other health officers around the country: they work in PUBLIC HEALTH.

    That is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health?wprov=sfla1

    These are people that, by definition, have a huge range of knowledge and expertise in many fields and more importantly have tackled community health issues either locally or internationally, sometimes with a narrow focus and other times with a wide-ranging scope.

    Their health and medical field is to literally figure out how to minimise the direct and indirect impact of disease/health-issues whilst maximising the life-years of a population by using the accumulated knowledge other experts in society. He is more than qualified (way more academic info is avail than what is stated here), he just wasn’t having a direct impact on our lives before 2020.

    Just because we don’t like lockdowns and are stressed in ways our society has never experienced doesn’t mean he’s a fraud, a political puppet, unworthy of CHO appointment, or that anything dodgy has occurred with his position. It just means you don’t like the info he’s telling you.

    I’d block people making ridiculous statements about my integrity, too.

     
  21. Sanjeev Sabhlok

    The rascal Sutton is A COMPLETE MORON and knowns NOTHING about public health – that we can see from his actions.

    And he did not block me for questioning his credentials but for asking PROOF for his ridiculous directives. HE HAS NONE. EVERYTHING HE IS DONIG IS A LIE.

     
  22. Robin

    Brett Sutton was placed in that position due to the fact he is Jane Halton’s brother in law
    She is the one who is directing the government to introduce all the measures were are having imposed on us..
    She is chair of CEPI, founded and funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation..CEPI is behind all the vaccine research and funding it.
    She was Australia’ representative at Event 201, the pre pandemic preparedness exercise that was held in October 2019 in New York, hosted by the WEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation along with John Hopkins University just before the so called outbreak from Wuhan
    She was Australias most senior bureacrat working in Health and aged care.
    She worked at the WHO and is on the board of Crown and the ANZ
    She is a covid 19 commissioner to Australia.
    So to have her brother in law as CHO of Victoria seems like a very cosy arrangement…
    Jane is responsible for introducing all the measures we are now experiencing.
    She is a plant from the WHO to impose the whole covid show in Australia.
    Also try to find out how much Brett Sutton is being paid.
    Took a bit of tracking down but I eventually found it.
    Base salary of $1.56 million with a total remuneration package of $2.36 million
    Thats his reward for doing the dirty work on behalf of the WEF and the WHO..imposing draconian measures on Victoria ruing lives and businesses in the process all the while his sister in law is nodding her head in approval in the background.
    Sutton and Halton are nothing more than Traitors.

     
  25. Sanjeev Sabhlok

    Thanks but this is a not a valid reference. Only grade 1 newspaper/journal or other such proof, please.

     
  26. Andrew McKenzie

    It is possible that the relationship is kept confidential in the mainstream press due to the potential damage if a conflict of interest charge is bought forward..am looking for proof but very hard to come by. Seems legit though that Halton’s husband is a certain Trevor Sutton, just need to find who his brother and what his job is…you’d think it’d be simple, but in these times of everyone sewing everyone or the charge of “defamation” being more valid than ever.

     
  28. Rich

    Sanjeev, you should have a closer look at the ‘Spanish Flu’.

    It’s not so different than COVID-19. Probably for that matter neither is the ‘black plague’.

     
  30. Rich

    “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

    Albert Einstein

    Can I point out that Herodotus was known as the father of history as well as the father of lies?

    And it ain’t changed anytime since.

     
  31. Michael Thomas

    I’m not satisfied with “On The Surface” information.
    Personally, I’d like to see Prof. Suttons name on the list of fellows from these organisations –
    1. Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
    This organisation
    2. Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
    3. Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FACTM)

    Which also includes these organisations –
    1. Adjunct Clinical Professor in Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital
    2. Alfred Hospital
    3. Monash
    4. Faculty of Travel Medicine (MFTM)

    Also including information about his post-graduate appointments and professional affiliations –
    1. 2017 – 2018 Chair of AFPHM Policy and Advocacy Committee
    2. 2017- 2019 Board Director at East Timor Hearts Fund

    Need I go on?

    I’ve been looking for such information and I cannot find it anywhere on the websites of these faculties or other organisations.

    When there is a man or woman, supposedly as qualified as Brett Sutton running the entire Commonwealth State of Victoria, there should be sufficient, accessible data available for “Public Viewing” by the People.

    The fact that we can’t verify any proper background information on this man, tells me there’s secret shitfuckery going on behind the scenes!

    What the hell are they hiding?

     
  32. Sanjeev Sabhlok

    The man has NO (i.e. ZERO) understanding of basic virology. He doesn’t understand the index case problem, nor that international mingling is GREAT for improving a society’s immunity. He is a MORON – and a criminal for the actions he has implemented. I will continue to work to bring him to account for his crimes.

    See: https://www.sabhlokcity.com/2021/09/sunetra-gupta-is-the-einstein-of-virology-a-mindboggling-breakthrough-that-99-of-epidemiologists-dont-understand/

     
  33. Andrew McKenzie

    Sorry bit of a random comment but Sutton is an Adjunct professor not a full Professor (as abbreviated on the news presumably to boost his credentials artificially), surely for a position as important as CHO they could have found a full Professor with the appropriate subject qualifications? Will be interesting to see how Victorian government handles this order from Public Information Commission to hand over details about justification for lockdowns. Seems they are resisting and possibly not going to which will only raise more suspicion.

     
  34. Sanjeev Sabhlok

    Thanks, a quick search shows that “Adjunct Professor refers to an educator hired on a contractual, part-time basis, often teaching introductory undergraduate or preparatory courses semester-by-semester throughout an academic year”.

    I want to know when Sutton ever taught and graded even a full course? And what exactly did he teach? He does have one publication on masks – which, however, he conveniently burnt and shredded during the pandemic.

     
  35. Patricia Fahey

    Had already found out about Sutton’s dodgy claims to epidemiological expertise and his appointment just a year earlier to CHO before his stellar rise as controller of all things pertaining to pandemic management. Of course it was obvious that the whole Government was spooked by the Chinese influenced WHO toadie. How ironic that the architects of the disaster were advising the WHO. Lord help us- they still are taking advice from them!. Please continue your good work of shining a light in dark places.Thanks

     
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