Pamphlet containing COVID-19 misinformation reportedly dropped in Melbourne letterbox

Krusty · May 27, 2020

COVID-19 conspiracies are moving offline, with a printed flyer containing false and inaccurate coronavirus claims appearing in Melbourne mailboxes.

The flyer, titled "CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 TRUTHFUL INFORMATION", calls for restrictions and emergency laws to be lifted, pointing to Australia's low COVID-19 death rate compared to the toll associated with the seasonal flu as evidence that the lockdown rules are unnecessary.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-28/fact-check-coronavirus-leaflet-dropped-melbourne/12288054

The double-sided sheet was spotted by RMIT ABC Fact Check after it was posted to Reddit (it has since been removed).

The Reddit user who published the flyer told Fact Check it had been delivered to his letter box in the South Melbourne area.

"The reason for this leaflet is to inform you, that the Australian Public have been tricked in relation to Novel Coronavirus COVID-19," the flyer reads.

The flyer calls for all emergency laws to be revoked and an immediate re-opening of businesses.
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Krusty · May 29, 2020

Coronavirus conspiracy theories dropped in Ballarat mailboxes 'really dangerous', says federal member

Conspiracy theory pamphlets claiming the Australian public has been "tricked" by false information about COVID-19 are being dropped into letterboxes in the regional Victorian town of Ballarat.

The document is rife with theories and compares the coronavirus to the common flu, alleging governments, the World Health Organisation and the media are lying to the public, among other suggestions.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05...info-appearing-in-ballarat-mailboxes/12301550

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