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Fact Check: Western Australian legislation uses ‘poison’ as a catch-all legal term; it is not implying something sinister

Suggestions on social media that Western Australia has slyly admitted to harming its citizens by classifying COVID-19 vaccines as “poison” reveals a misunderstanding of legal language. The definition ...
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Fact Check: Australian law categorises all medicines under various sub-sections of ‘poison’ – this is a legal definition and does not mean medicines are harmful

Posts online have raised concern over the use of the word “poison” in Western Australian legislation that has authorised the COVID-19 vaccine. However, poison is a generic legal term in Australia and ...