Airbnb suspend Australian host for refusing vaccine guests
A very particular event has recently happened in the state of Victoria, Australia, in which an Airbnb host has banned a guest and her family from entering, because they are vaccinated. Yes, it sounds crazy, but this happened, and believe it or not, it is a fact that has already occurred several times in Australia.
The mood in this country has been in tension lately, with the outbreak recently in Melbourne and the multiple speculations that have been generated in relation to the effects of the vaccine.
The fact was that this host prohibited the entry of this family because they were vaccinated, claiming that according to false information provided by the platform and by various health posters, the vaccines have adverse effects, producing symptoms in the vaccinated and even generating the transmission of the virus to healthy people.
This false information has been clearly denied by the World Health Organization, since the vaccine does not have a live element, so its spread is impossible.
The host’s response to the future guest read: “I do not accept vaccinated people due to reports of adverse reactions. It is also transmitted to unvaccinated people and makes them feel bad. “I’m afraid it’s too experimental at this stage and I need to protect my other guests. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience, ”he added.
As we indicated above, this is not the first case that has been reported to the leaders of the Airbnb company, since there are many companies, not only in the tourism sector, that place posters at their entrances prohibiting the passage of vaccinated people.
The affected person reported the incident with the host to Airbnb leadership, but, at first, members of the support team claimed that nothing in the company’s protocols prevented the host from refusing to rent to vaccinated people.
However, it was not much what the Airbnb executives did to the complaint of the affected, it was not until the complaint of a well-known newspaper in Australia, that Airbnb decided to take action on the matter and fine and suspend the host for applying measures that the platform does not stipulate. In this regard, Derek Nolan, Airbnb’s head of public policy for Australia, said: “Having completed our investigation on this matter, we have suspended the listing in question. It is important that everyone closely follow the official health guidelines of local authorities, as we all continue to do our part to combat Covid-19. “
Fortunately, the affected person was able to find other accommodation, however, he was affected by the irrational measures that many accommodations are taking against vaccinated people. This is certainly a very rare situation that happens in Australia, while most countries require the vaccine to protect their nationals, in this country there are many accommodations that avoid having vaccinated guests. A situation that we hope will be reversed soon.
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