Get the facts: Vaccines
‘Why would we suddenly go to them and lie?’: How councils and communities are working together to fight vaccine misinformation
For councils, increasing vaccine uptake is a matter of increasing accessibility and addressing fears by fighting misinformation. We spoke to councils across England to find out how they’re doing it.
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The chance of being killed by a cow and other AstraZeneca vaccine risk comparisons explained
Is it a cow? Is it a plane? The hunt for a straightforward way to explain the AstraZeneca vaccine risk is complicated.
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What’s going on with the AstraZeneca vaccine?
The risks, what the government has said, and what’s happening for under-30s.
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Is there a precedent for mandatory vaccines for care home workers?
Some healthcare workers are required by their employers to have the Hepatitis B vaccine, but it's not a specific law.
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Inaccurate Covid vaccine ‘Q&A’: fact checked
A Covid-19 Q&A graphic has been going around social media. It makes lots of inaccurate claims about the vaccines.
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Sky News video does not say ‘UK jab causes clots’
A Sky News video attached to a post which says the ‘UK jab causes clots’ does not say this. Neither does the European Medicines Agency.
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AstraZeneca does not translate to ‘weapon that kills’
The Covid-19 vaccine developer got its name from a merger of two companies.
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Covid-19 vaccine exports and the UK
Companies in these countries have fulfilled contracts to export the vaccines to countries like the UK.
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17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Seventeen countries in Europe have temporarily stopped using the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Side effects from the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines are about the same
An article in the Express is misleading when it says that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has ‘more adverse side effects’.
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Full Fact fights bad information
Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.