Do Linux Mint users really need Antivirus protection?

For several years, whether Linux users, in this case, the Linux Mint, should be running antivirus software has popped up not once, not twice, and has been a topic of discussion for a while online. While it is explicitly true that malware presents a minimal issue on Linux than on Windows, does this imply that Linux distributions, including Mint, are immune to viruses?

Source: FOSS Linux