Vaccines
Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to the coronavirus pandemic
Tweet claiming three child deaths from vaccines in Australia is fake
A tweet purporting to come from an Australian health official claimed three children had died of Covid-19 vaccines in Australia. This is false and the tweet is fake.
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Pfizer’s CEO has had Covid-19 vaccine
A video of Albert Bourla saying he hasn’t been vaccinated for Covid-19 yet is from December 2020.
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UKHSA data reaffirms that vaccines work against Omicron
An online article has again misinterpreted data from the UKHSA to claim vaccines don’t prevent Covid-19 hospitalisation and death.
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Unvaccinated people are among those dying of Covid-19
Age adjusted mortality rates are higher for those who haven’t been vaccinated.
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How many people in England are unvaccinated?
Depending on which population figure you use, the number of people unvaccinated in England could be 12.3 million or 19.5 million.
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Funeral director’s viral claims about vaccinated people not based in fact
He claims he’s seeing an unnaturally large number of heart attacks and clot-related deaths, but that’s not reflected in the national data.
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Evidence suggests myocarditis risk after Covid-19 vaccination is lower compared to Covid infection
A video posted on Facebook misleadingly suggests the risk of myocarditis is higher from a Covid-19 vaccine than from a Covid infection.
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Why might vaccinated people account for a bigger share of Covid-19 deaths than infections?
In Scotland, vaccinated people account for a higher proportion of Covid-19 deaths than infections. This has led some to claim vaccines are making infections more severe.
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UK booster roll out level twice the EU average
The Prime Minister made conflicting claims about the UK booster rollout versus Europe at PMQs and during a televised coronavirus update.
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Pfizer vaccine doesn’t have a 6% fatality rate
Data on adverse events following a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has been misrepresented to suggest one in 17 die.
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