Conspiracy theorists have exploited the coronavirus pandemic and summer bushfires to split the community, raising concerns about a developing national security threat | AnnaPattySMH
Conspiracy theorists have exploited the coronavirus pandemic and summer bushfires to split the community, raising concerns about a developing national security threat.
the 43-year-old man believed coronavirus is a "genetically engineered virus created by world banks to kill off weaker humans"."Every time you have a natural disaster you will have people wanting to take advantage of it," he said. "The world that we live in at the moment has people using every opportunity available to them to undermine civilised society.
Deakin University researchers Lydia Khalil and Joshua Roose said the management of Australia's disaster and emergency response needs to recognise how COVID-19 and the summer bushfires have been used by extremists to create social division, fuel racism, spread false information and create distrust in government.
"This indicated that at least some people subscribing to conspiracy theories are prepared to take violent action."
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