A man who joked about not getting vaccinated died of the coronavirus a little more than a month later.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Stephen Harmon's death was announced by the Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston on Twitter.

Before his death, Harmon made jokes about the virus on Twitter, including references to his decision not to get vaccinated.

On June 3, Harmon tweeted:

- If you're having email problems, I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a vax ain't one!

He also made a joke about the widespread trust in Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert:

When you can't trust the Bible cause it was written by man, but you trust the CDC/Fauci guidelines cause they were written by man. Makes total sense.