Coronavirus

21 February 2025

A Covid vaccine made with HIV protein was trialled but never rolled out

A viral clip from a BBC documentary shows that an HIV protein was used in a Covid vaccine trial, but fails to mention the vaccine itself was scrapped soon afterwards.

14 February 2025

Covid-19 does exist and germs can cause disease

A post circulating on Instagram features a woman making incorrect claims about Covid-19 and germs

27 November 2024

Viruses are real and you can ‘catch’ them

Despite claims to the contrary, viruses are real and have been sequenced many times.

11 October 2024

UKHSA posts graphs based on non-existent data

Graphs showing “data for 2023-24” posted by the UKHSA on X aren’t actually based on real data.

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20 August 2024

Mpox isn’t in the Covid vaccine

Mpox is not an ingredient in AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

16 August 2024

Benefits claims for autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000

Contrary to claims in the Telegraph, benefits claims for under-18s with autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000 since Covid.

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.

2 May 2024

ONS data doesn’t show four Covid vaccine doses raise risk of death

This is based on official data that warns against drawing comparisons in this way.

10 April 2024

There was no rise in the stillbirth risk in the US in 2021

The rate actually fell slightly, according to official data.

28 March 2024

Japan has not banned mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

These remain available in the country.

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A Covid vaccine made with HIV protein was trialled but never rolled out

Covid-19 does exist and germs can cause disease

Viruses are real and you can ‘catch’ them

UKHSA posts graphs based on non-existent data

Mpox isn’t in the Covid vaccine

Benefits claims for autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000

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

ONS data doesn’t show four Covid vaccine doses raise risk of death

There was no rise in the stillbirth risk in the US in 2021

Japan has not banned mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

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