Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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Social media claims that 1 in 40 children now get myocarditis are based on limited evidence—and ignore official evidence to the contrary. Read
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Clips from a 2009 TV show falsely claim the World Health Organisation wants to depopulate the world using vaccines. Read
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Claims that children get almost 100 vaccines, that none are safe or effective, and that no vaccines have ever been trialled together are all false. Read
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Blog reports on three studies to show Covid-19 vaccines don’t work–but the findings don’t support this claim Read
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Young children were not offered the vaccine at all, and most people were not offered the autumn booster. There are problems with the total population estimates too. Read
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Claire Bridges’ legs were amputated as a result of complications from a Covid-19 infection and her heart condition. Being vaccinated had nothing to do with it. Read
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It’s based on a misreading of a paper that found a different bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of vaccinated mice. Read
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A post on Facebook wrongly suggests that mRNA technology used in two Covid-19 vaccines has also been used in the flu vaccine. Read
In a Facebook video, Chris Preddie made a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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Research linking climate change to strokes, dementia and migraines is not a cover up for Covid-19 vaccine harms, as Instagram user claims. Read
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