The six-bed, three-bath, 10-acre home is on the market for $899,000 AUD (approximately $695,000), but the pool of potential buyers is considerably smaller due to a notice on the listing.

Katheryn Webster, a Brisbane-based real estate agent, told buyers interested in the house in Morayfield: “Please note: If you have received the COVID Vaccine you are NOT permitted in this property”

The estate agent told 7News about her decision to bar vaccinated people from the home and said: “That is a personal choice of mine, as it’s a personal choice of people to be vaccinated.

“I’ve had more than an overwhelming response from people who’ve been grateful. They’ve [phoned] me in support.”

Webster cited a false claim, in 7News’ report on Wednesday, about the COVID-19 vaccine “shedding” a protein that can lead to health problems in others.

However, the estate agent is not the only Australian professional restricting or adapting their services due to false claims surrounding the danger of being near vaccinated people.

Social worker Matilda Bawden told her clients that she was suspending her services for a month to “service providers, clients, friends and family” who had received a vaccine against COVID-19, according to an April report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Like Webster, Bawden also cited the false claim that people who have had the COVID-19 vaccine could “shed” the virus.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaccine shedding is the term used to describe, “the release or discharge of any of the vaccine components in or outside of the body. Vaccine shedding can only occur when a vaccine contains a weakened version of the virus.”

The vaccines approved for use in Australia are the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

Pfizer is an mRNA vaccine, which does not use the live virus that causes COVID-19. The Oxford/AstraZeneca jab “is based on a replication-defective adenovirus, which means the adenovirus is incapable of reproducing,” said Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, chief of the infectious diseases division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as reported by Reuters.

False claims about unvaccinated people getting sick after being in the vicinity of people who had received a COVID-19 vaccine have been shared by certain Australian Facebook users.

The Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported that the conspiracy theory circulating on social media claimed that the vaccine was a “medical device and experimental gene therapy” that was causing unvaccinated people to experience “irregular and heavy menstruation, bleeding while pregnant and miscarriages.”

It also claimed that there were cases of pets dying “when touched by someone who got the COVID jab”.

However, these claims have been rejected by scientists. University of New South Wales (UNSW) infectious disease social scientist and associate professor, Holly Seale told AAP FactCheck: “The current COVID-19 vaccines use mRNA or non-replicating virus, which are not contagious and cannot be transmitted to non-vaccinated people.”

Newsweek has contacted Katheryn Webster for comment.

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