Dr Andrew Miller, who recently finished as AMA WA president, held high status in the church of zero tolerance for COVID-19, advocating for hard borders and snap lockdowns.   

It earned him admirers, as the state has recorded only nine deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. 

He was also immortalised in a portrait, taking the place of Jesus Christ in a recreation of Leonard da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), albeit holding a SARS-CoV-2 microbe instead of a crystal orb.  

Here, the anaesthetist explains why he’s been happy to call out governments for being “full of sh*t”.