Carlton star facing the axe over anti-vax stance

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Carlton has remained tight-lipped implicit the aboriginal of a elder subordinate who's yet to person the COVID-19 vaccination.

Several reports assertion the Blues were alert of the player's hesitation to person the vaccine up of the Victorian government's deadline, which requires each authorised workers successful the authorities to person received a 2nd dose by November 26.

The AFL has mandated that each of its players person the vaccine oregon hazard having their declaration torn up, oregon beryllium placed connected an inactive database connected a smaller salary.

The nine hasn't revealed the individuality of the subordinate but it's understood the subordinate is among the astir elder successful the team.

If the subordinate doesn't person the vaccine helium won't beryllium capable to bid with the squad erstwhile they reassemble for preseason grooming successful precocious November - aboriginal December.

All Victorian-based players were required to person received their archetypal dose by October 22.

At the deadline for getting the archetypal dose, each of the Victoria's clubs, but two, had confirmed each players had received astatine slightest 1 dose oregon were booked to get one.

It comes aft Adelaide AFLW subordinate Deni Varnhagen was moved to the Adelaide's inactive database owed to her refusal to person the vaccination.

Varnhagen works arsenic an anaesthetic caregiver and attended a protestation against a South Australian authorities mandate requiring vaccinations for healthcare workers. She volition beryllium contracted to the nine but won't beryllium allowed to play.

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