Scott Morrison vaccination conspiracy theory

 

The colour of the needle used in the Prime Minister's vaccination was spun as misinformation on Facebook, but there's a simple explanation

The most common allegation shared on Mr Morrison's posts was that the orange tip of the hypodermic needle seen directed towards the Prime Minister's arm was a "cap" preventing Mr Morrison from being given the vaccine.

Catherine Bennett, the chair of epidemiology at Deakin University, told Fact Check the orange section of the needle was not a cap, but rather "the hub that holds the needle".

She added that contrary to the assertions on Facebook, the needle used on Mr Morrison would have been an intramuscular needle, and that the "low dead space" needles used for the Pfizer vaccine did not follow the same colour coding as suggested by the commenter.

Professor Bennett pointed Fact Check to a website selling intramuscular needles with orange hubs in the size necessary for administering a COVID-19 vaccine…………..

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-26/coronacheck-scott-morrison-pfizer-vaccine-facebook/13190970