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False: The majority of AIDS patients died from medication developed when Dr. Anthony Fauci led the nation’s response to the emerging epidemic, not from the virus itself. Social media users are once again sharing the long debunked notion that Fauci, the face of the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, advocated decades earlier for a drug to combat the emerging AIDS epidemic that turned out to be more deadly than the virus itself. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Twenty thousand nurs...: Twenty thousand nurses left the New Zealand health system due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The claim 20,000 nurses left the New Zealand health system due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates is false. At the time the mandate ended, 440 nurses and midwives had been terminated, 67 had resigned and 83 had been stood down as a result of the vaccine requirements. The Nursing Council of New Zealand told AAP FactCheck the number of nurses holding Annual Practising Certificates increased over the pandemic period. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Senior lawyer appears for Sri Lankan comedian who allegedly mocked Buddhism Facebook users have repeatedly shared a false claim that Sri Lanka's former Bar Association president had represented a stand-up comedian who was arrested for controversial comments about Buddhism, the country's majority religion. The lawyer -- well known for defending freedom of speech during protests in Sri Lanka in 2022 -- told AFP he was not the comedian's legal representative. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: A Current Affair featured a government-run course on how to invest your money The claim that A Current Affair featured a government-run course on how to invest your money is false. The Facebook video is a real ACA segment about financial literacy that’s been edited to promote a fake investment platform using an alternative voiceover. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)