Facebook is home to plenty of toxicity – but one Australian group shows kindness can go viral too

‘If lockdown taught us anything, it’s how many people are experiencing social isolation and the detrimental effects that can have,’ says Melissa Williams, who helps manage the Kindness Pandemic Facebook page. Composite: Getty Images

Naomi Colville said panic quickly set in when her neurodivergent daughter didn’t come home after her first day of high school.

“My heart rate went up and I couldn’t breathe,” she recalls.