We need to talk to you about something…
Andy Lee just caught it…
Jennifer Lawrence thought she had it…
…and Australian supermodel and Dancing With The Stars contestant Samantha Harris has just dedicated her latest fashion spread to it.
Harris has appeared in today’s Sunday Style magazine sporting tattoos for the organisation One Disease and its scabies awareness campaign, #InkForGood.
Unlike Andy Lee — who thought he had scabies when it was just an itch — and JLaw — as always, just goofing around — Samantha Harris is aware of the real dangers of this preventable disease.
Scabies is capable of cutting the lives of Indigenous kids short by up to 20 years, if not treated properly.
Sarah from One Disease works with 28 remote and Indigenous communities in Australia’s top end. She says seven in 10 children will contract scabies before the age of one.
She explains that while this disease is easily treated in many parts of the nation, it has reached hyper-endemic proportions among Australia’s Indigenous population.
Read more: The common bug that can cut life expectancy.