As the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine continues, a Facebook post highlights the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to warn of the ill effects of vaccines.

A widely-shared Facebook post features a medical text from 1989 and claims that coronaviruses equal the common cold.

A social media post claims the term 'microwave sickness' has recently been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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.

A historical image of a soldier carrying a donkey on his back is being presented as a cautionary tale about safety and control during the COVID-19 pandemic but the details aren't quite right.

A Facebook post claims New Zealand's national debt has risen to $NZ120.1 billion.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen conspiracy theories emerge with claims 5G vendors have used the lockdown in Australia - and elsewhere - to roll out 5G networks without public knowledge.

A Facebook post claims that a grocery store worker who wore a mask for hours at a time got a lung infection from "breathing in her own bacteria".

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.

A widely circulated Facebook post claims that there is no COVID-19 pandemic.

As researchers worldwide work to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, a social media post is claiming a vaccine has already been developed and will cause widespread infertility.

A social media post claims Bill Gates, the US billionaire who is supporting research into a COVID-19 vaccine, was in New Zealand at the end of May.

After protesters in the UK tore down the statue of a 17th century slave trader, Australian Facebook users have been sharing memes claiming the pyramids were built by slaves.

A Facebook post claims the TV coverage of the US riots and the COVID-19 pandemic "distracted" viewers while former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost a court case on June 2.

A Facebook post claims to show a letter by "a police officer in Australia" listing increases in crimes a year after new gun control laws were introduced.

As protests continue in the United States over the death in police custody of George Floyd, a trending Facebook post is claiming the Mr Floyd's arrest was predicted by animated TV series The Simpsons.

Facebook users are claiming Google has automatically installed a COVID-19 tracing app on Android phones.

A widely shared Facebook post claims South African Police stopped a donation for a squatter camp during the country's COVID-19 lockdown.

A Facebook post claims Danish toy company Lego is pulling police and emergency services-themed sets from shelves amid the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in the United States and around the world.

A Facebook post makes a string of claims about Italy defeating COVID-19 including that Italian authorities "discovered that it is not a virus, but a bacteria".