Covid-19 child vaccine trial paused over clot concerns, not cot death
The study was giving the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged between six and 17, not infants. Read
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Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Mike Yeadon wrong again on lockdowns and face masks
Claims that lockdowns and face masks don’t work are false. Read
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Error-strewn paper claims face masks are ineffective and harmful
The ‘peer-reviewed paper from Stanford’ is not from Stanford and may not have been conventionally peer-reviewed. Read
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Godfrey Bloom video makes false claims about vaccines
Former MEP Godfrey Bloom has made a number of false claims about Covid-19 vaccines Read
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Street fight was not filmed when lockdown eased in England
A film of a brawl in a city centre street was not taken in Luton as the pubs re-opened. Read
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The government hasn’t said the vaccine will cause a third wave of deaths
Covid-19 vaccines aren’t 100% efficient, but experts aren’t predicting they will cause mass hospitalisations. Read
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Claims that a quarter of all Covid-19 deaths weren’t caused by the virus misinterpret the data
Media reports of the new figures do not make it clear that this figure only relates to one week of data. Read
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Covid-19 vaccine did not kill every animal it was tested on
A Facebook post is wrong to claim animals involved in vaccine trials died from sepsis, immune disorder or cardiac failure. Read
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Fibres from masks and swabs aren’t 'Morgellons'
Several videos on social media give false warnings about ‘Morgellons’ in face masks and Covid-19 test swabs. Read
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Health
Facebook post makes misleading claims about Covid-19 passports and death rate
A post on Facebook makes misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines, Covid-19 passports, infection, transmission and the death rate. Read
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