Gold Coast hairdresser is turning away clients who are vaccinated against Covid out of bizarre fear

A hairdresser is turning away clients who have had the Covid-19 vaccine out of fear they will shed ‘particles’ from the jab and infect other customers who could then develop side effects.

Yazmina Jade Adler made headlines in 2019 after claiming she relieved her severe period pain by rubbing menstrual blood on her face during a ritual meditation.

Now, the Gold Coast business owner is back in the spotlight after imposing a controversial policy banning coronavirus-vaccine recipients from her Palm Beach salon.

‘It doesn’t really make sense, I guess a lot of people will question that, [but] it is like anything, like the disease or virus, it is spreading [jab particles] somehow and women are reporting side effects when they haven’t had the vaccine,’ Ms Adler told 9News. 

Ms Adler announced the new rule over Khemia HI vibe frequency salon’s social media pages on Monday, stating: ‘we are not your hairdresser if you have had the Covid vax’.

‘The unknown health effects of the mRNA vaccine are not covered by our public liability insurance,’ Ms Adler wrote on Facebook and Instagram.

‘We also have to take into consideration the 1000s of reported side effects this shot has shown so far … such as – viral shedding of the uterus, seizures, clotting, bleeding, interruption to the menstrual cycles and death.’

She apologised for any ‘inconvenience’ to customers but said ‘the safety of our staff and existing clients is our priority’, adding the policy would be re-evaluated in 2023 when clinical trials of the ‘experimental injection’ are completed.   

The business’ posts have since been flagged as ‘missing context’ and ‘defying science’ by independent fact checkers, the Australian Associated Press.

In a statement addressing the claims, AAP said a Facebook post circulating online claims that ‘countless reports and anecdotes affirm’ people who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 are becoming ill ‘just by being in the vicinity’ of those who have had the jab.

‘The lengthy post lists alleged examples of illnesses and injuries unvaccinated people have picked up from vaccinated people. 

‘These include irregular and heavy menstruation, bleeding while pregnant and miscarriages as well as supposed cases of pets dying when touched by someone who got the Covid jab.’

AAP said: ‘Much of the text has been copied from an article published on April 28 by a conspiracy-promoting ”alternative media” website that calls Covid-19 an “imaginary” virus.’ 

Immunology experts say it is scientifically impossible for Covid-19 vaccines to cause illness in unvaccinated people as they contain no live virus or any other infectious material that can pass from person to person.

‘The current Covid-19 vaccines use mRNA or non-replicating virus, which are not contagious and cannot be transmitted to non-vaccinated people,’ UNSW infectious disease scientist associate professor Holly Seale told AAP FactCheck.

Associate professor Menno van Zelm from Monash University’s Department of Immunology and Pathology agreed, saying that there are ‘no credible reports’ that vaccinated people can make other people ill.

‘For one, Covid-19 vaccines do not contain the virus nor any other infectious agent that is contagious,’ Dr van Zelm said in an email.

‘Yes, the vaccine activates the immune system and can make the recipient feel unwell for 24 hours, but this does not affect bystanders.’ 

Ms Adler, who also offers ‘crystal healing’ and ‘frequency technology and sound healing for your full mind body hair experience’ in her salon, rose to fame two years ago after appearing on SBS’s show Medicine or Myth.

In front of a panel of medical experts, she pulled out a jar of her menstrual blood – which she collects – and daubed it across her forehead, claiming it cures her period cramps.