Prime Minister’s pointed vaccine advice as Australia races to complete its rollout amid a deadly Delta Covid-19 outbreak

The PM has said it is ‘entirely possible’ to hit Australia’s new vaccination target by Christmas, but issued a piece of advice to those on the fence.

Scott Morrison has delivered a pointed reference to wild conspiracy theories during an interview on talkback radio as he pleaded with Australians to follow scientifically supported medical advice - not fake experts on Facebook.

The odd remark comes after the Prime Minister revealed lockdowns would be discouraged and international borders would begin to reopen once 80 per cent of eligible Australians are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Morrison said he hoped the agreement on the target would encourage the population to get the jab as vaccine hesitancy persists and disenfranchised citizens take to the streets in anti-lockdown protests.

“By getting vaccinated, you're getting a step closer every single day to getting us back to about as normal as you can be when you’re living with Covid-19,” he told 2GB on Saturday morning.

When discussing the prevailing rate of vaccine hesitancy across the country, Morrison urged Australians to resist following views of conspiracy theorists and to “go and talk to your doctor”.

“If you are concerned, don't talk to Doctor Google, go talk to your doctor,” the Prime Minister said.

“Don’t talk to someone who’s going to tell you you’re going to turn into a magnet or, you know, don’t go on Facebook to listen to people who don’t know what they’re talking about.”

Morrison said the country could be lockdown-free by Christmas. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

The bizarre magnet reference is likely in relation to the unusual theory among alternative communities who fear the substance of the vaccine, with some even believing it will allow the recipient to connect to the internet.

The theory originated because some mRNA vaccines, a new type of jab used to protect against infectious diseases, include a material called hydrogel, which is used to help disperse the vaccine slowly into the recipient’s cells.

The fear of being a vessel to connect to Wi-Fi is, of course, nonsense and flatly rejected by the federal Health Department.

“Bioengineers have used similar hydrogels for many years in different ways,” the health authority said earlier in the year. “For instance, they’ve used them to help stem cells survive after being put inside our bodies.

“Because of this, some people believe that hydrogels are needed for electronic implants, which can connect to the internet.”

Vaccine rates have ramped up in recent weeks. Picture: NCA Newswire /Gaye Gerard

But the Pfizer mRNA vaccine doesn’t even contain hydrogels as a component, instead using a piece of mRNA that is “coated in a lipid (fatty) droplet”.

“The lipid helps the vaccine enter our cells, as the membrane holding our cells together is also made mostly of lipid,” the Department of Health said.

“The vaccine and the membrane can fuse easily, depositing the mRNA inside the cell.”

According to the Centre of Disease Control in the US, no ingredient in any Covid-19 vaccine is capable of producing electromagnetic force - at the injection site or anywhere else in your body.

“COVID-19 vaccines do not contain ingredients that can produce an electromagnetic field at the site of your injection,” official advice states. “All COVID-19 vaccines are free from metals.”

Morrison said he was ambitious the threshold for vaccinations would be reached by Christmas so the country can attempt to return to normalcy by 2022.

“There’ll be enough vaccines,” he said in regards to 80 per cent of the population being vaccinated by the end of the year.

“There’ll be enough pharmacies, enough GPs, enough clinics, enough of all of that to achieve that.

“So it’s all up to all of us now.”