The RACGP has demanded Facebook ban anti-vaxxers from the platform after death threats were made to a GP that forced him to stay at a friend’s house and caused sleepless nights for his colleagues. 

“A GP receiving death threats simply for doing his job trying to keep his community safe is completely unacceptable and I won’t stand for it,” said college president Dr Karen Price on Tuesday. 

Her call came after Queensland GP Dr Wilson Chin and staff at his Gold Coast practice were harassed and intimidated over false claims by anti-vaxxers that two girls had died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at his clinic.

The girls had experienced a short vasovagal episode after their injections at the Gold Coast clinic two weeks ago but quickly recovered while under observation.