This page brings together Full Fact’s fact checks on Covid-19, covering common claims, vaccine safety and efficacy, symptoms, treatments, government policies, and misinformation. We review evidence, correct errors, and monitor evolving science to help you make informed decisions.
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This home remedy has not been approved by the World Health Organisation. The WhatsApp message it’s been widely shared through is very similar to Facebook posts which have already been debunked. Read
There is no evidence that using something that has been sterilised with ethylene oxide, such as a Covid-19 swab, is harmful. Read
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The medication has been authorised for a new and slightly different use, but the medication itself is not new. Read
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Evidence suggests suicides did not increase after the first lockdown. Read
These include falsehoods that all people who die after a positive Covid test are registered as having died of Covid and that the Covid vaccines are experimental. Read
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These include claims that there is a blanket approach to DNACPRs on elderly and disabled people, that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental and genocidal, and that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Read
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The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in 2020, not Covid-19 in 2021. Read
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No UK regions reported zero “new daily cases” of Covid-19 on the day before. Read
These include false claims that all animals in Covid vaccine trials died and that vaccines can change your DNA. Read
A photo of Mike Tyson wearing a t-shirt promoting the ‘Plan-Demic’ conspiracy theory has been altered Read
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