A Facebook post claims COVID-19 has a "99.9 per cent" recovery rate and that there is a choice between the disease and a vaccine with an "80 per cent adverse reaction rate".
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A social media post claims thieves are taking advantage of mandatory face mask rules by offering unsuspecting people facemasks doused in chemicals which leave them unconscious.
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The body set up by the Prime Minister to advise on economic and social impacts of COVID-19 has been targeted in a Facebook post that claims none of the committee's members have medical credentials.
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There's a famous US tennis player called Serena Williams. There's also a social media post by someone called Serena Williams getting a lot of attention in the US and elsewhere in the world.
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