Vaccines
Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus. Claims that Jacob Rothschild owns the patent are untrue.
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The Wuhan coronavirus has nothing to do with 5G
Lots of cities in China have 5G coverage, not just the city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak.
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The virus in this clinical study is not the coronavirus seen in China in 2019/2020
Facebook posts incorrectly claim a vaccine to the Wuhan coronavirus was trialled earlier this month. The study trialled a vaccine to MERS, a different type of coronavirus.
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A patent for the coronavirus spreading in Wuhan was not applied for in 2015
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them.
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Image on flu jab ingredients is misleading
A local UKIP Facebook page has shared a misleading image about the flu vaccine.
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You do not need to stay home for two weeks after getting the flu vaccine
Most flu injections in the UK are inactive and therefore cannot spread between people.
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There’s no evidence that any current vaccines cause cancer
Vaccines go through a number of trial stages to check they don’t have dangerous side effects.
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Being ‘measles free’ doesn’t mean there are no cases of measles
The World Health Organisation says ‘eliminating measles’ means the number of cases in a country is at a level where it can’t circulate easily.
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Autism prevalence is up but scientists have consistently found that vaccines don’t cause it
More diagnoses of autism disorders are being made but they are not associated with being vaccinated.
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Most of these claims about glyphosate, vaccines and cancer are misleading
Evidence on whether glyphosate causes cancer seems contradictory and Cancer Research UK says there is some evidence people exposed to very high levels of it could have a slightly increased …
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