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On Oct. 30, 2019, a Facebook user claiming to be a registered nurse at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane posted an offer in the anti-vaccine Facebook group Stop Mandatory Vaccination to send chicken pox-infected lollipops (courtesy of her son’s recent infection with the virus) to other parents looking to impart natural immunity on their children. The post went viral when a screenshot was shared by a pro-vaccine Facebook page named Light for Riley: It is unclear, however, if this purported nurse was making a genuine offer, or if the offer itself was a hoax designed to inspire internet outrage. For one thing, there is no actual Royal Children’s Hospital in the town of Brisbane, Australia, as reported by Australia’s news.com.au: For another thing, Queensland Health, the entity that oversees all the hospitals in that Australian state, says nobody bearing the name of the alleged nurse works at any of their hospitals: We reached out to the Queensland Police Department to ask if its investigation had turned up any new information, and we will update our post if any such information is provided. Because it is unclear who this Facebook user actually is and what the person's motive was behind the post, we rank the claim as Unproven.
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