Dr Aseem Malhotra

8 September 2025

Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked

A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham.

Doctor Aseem Malhotra delivers a speech on the second and final day of the Reform UK party conference at the NEC Birmingham

26 July 2024

Doctor makes misleading Covid vaccine claims on Diary of a CEO podcast

On Steven Bartlett’s popular podcast, Dr Aseem Malhotra claimed there would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines.

13 January 2023

Excess deaths would be higher without Covid-19 vaccines

Dr Aseem Malhotra told the BBC that mRNA vaccines were “a likely contributing factor” to excess deaths in the UK. But the vaccines will have limited them, by preventing tens of thousands of deaths.

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30 November 2021

Concerns raised about legitimacy of research linking vaccines and heart attacks

It’s been claimed new research shows a link between Covid-19 vaccines and heart attacks. The research has serious flaws.

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Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked

Doctor makes misleading Covid vaccine claims on Diary of a CEO podcast

Excess deaths would be higher without Covid-19 vaccines

Concerns raised about legitimacy of research linking vaccines and heart attacks

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