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Our readers have asked us to check claims that aluminium used in a new Covid-19 vaccine—or any other vaccine—can cause Alzheimer’s disease
No link between Alzheimer’s disease and the small amount of aluminium found in some vaccines has been established.
What is in vaccines?In a now-deleted tweet, writer and commentator Toby Young wrongly claimed a published study found that Covid-19’s infection fatality rate (IFR) is just 0.1%
This is incorrect. Most research places the virus’s infection fatality rate at between 0.5% and 1%.
What does the data tell us?People claimed on Twitter and Instagram that Ticketmaster is planning to make proof of Covid-19 vaccination mandatory in order to attend concerts
Not correct. Ticketmaster said there is “absolutely no requirement from Ticketmaster mandating vaccines/testing for future events”.
What power does Ticketmaster have?Full Fact fights bad information
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We're developing a new collaborative model for tackling misinformation crises
With a coronavirus vaccine now potentially just months away, the global public deserves good information.
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Full Fact launches a WhatsApp fact checking service in the UK
We’re partnering with WhatsApp to tackle false and harmful content on the platform.
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How we’re using AI to scale up global fact checking
Full Fact is using technology to increase the speed, reach and impact of its fact checking. Find out how we are developing AI tools to help highly trained fact checkers to be more efficient.
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