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‘Pfizer document’ doesn’t show company admitting vaccines unsafe in pregnancy
A screenshot of a supposed new document from Pfizer has been shared thousands of times but is out of date. Read
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Vaccines
Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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GB News presenter wrong about booster vaccine deaths
Mark Steyn claimed during his programme that booster vaccines were ineffective and wrongly suggested they increased the chance of hospitalisation and death. Read
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GB News interview features misleading claims about Covid-19 and vaccines
Mark Steyn and Dr Guy Hatchard made a number of misleading claims about unreviewed studies, excess deaths and underlying risk factors. Read
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No evidence for MP’s claims ‘tens of thousands of people’ have ‘suffered severe damage’ from vaccines
Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope made the claim about Covid-19 vaccines during an interview with GB News. Read
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US military deaths didn’t increase by 1,100% last year
Claims of a huge spike in deaths are based on faulty data. Read
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US defence data showing rise in diseases in 2021 was produced in error
The data has been cited by some to suggest Covid-19 vaccines are behind what are unrealistically large rises in the incidence of various diseases in the US military. Read
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Potential Covid-19 vaccine which used HIV protein was never rolled out
Claims there is HIV in Covid-19 vaccines is false, and refers to a vaccine abandoned at the trial stage which did use a small piece of protein from HIV. Read
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Covid-19 vaccines don’t cause immunodeficiency syndrome
Claims that vaccines are harming immune systems is based on flawed analysis comparing Covid-19 case rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Read
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‘BBC article’ claiming shallow breathing increases risk of heart attack is fake
Some social media users are sharing news stories, both real and fake, about possible risk factors for heart attacks to make incorrect claims about the risks of Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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US data doesn’t prove increase in cancer following vaccine rollout
The blog post making these claims is based on false US military data. Read
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