Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
Norwegian officials suspect common side effects like nausea may have contributed to the deaths in very frail patients. Read
A widely shared post on social media claims people who don’t know their NHS number are causing a ‘bottleneck’. Read
Parliament did vote on new regulations on Wednesday, but these new rules didn’t make vaccines mandatory. Read
The photo of a woman getting a Covid-19 vaccine has been used as evidence that the media is lying to people. Read
This doesn’t mean that vaccination passports are planned. Read
Four volunteers developed Bell’s palsy after getting a Covid-19 vaccine, but this doesn’t mean they are linked. Read
One expert said the possibility was ‘vanishingly small’. Read
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Many of the claims in this post are common myths about the vaccine. Read
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Posts claim that CNN used a picture of one of the first vaccine recipients back in October. They did not. Read
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Claims about PEG, non-neutralizing antibodies, fertility and late effects have been made about the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the UK. Read
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