There are no parasites in the Covid-19 vaccines
Claims that the vaccines contain a parasite normally found in fish eggs are completely untrue. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Economy, Business & Finance
Viral tweet on Rishi Sunak’s tax claims got it wrong
The tweet misunderstood what the Chancellor said. Read
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NHS Covid-19 app is not the third most expensive project ever
The total NHS Test and Trace budget for two years has been misused. Read
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Fireworks are not banned in London on New Year’s Eve
Although the official Thames fireworks are not happening this year, Londoners can set off fireworks until the 1am curfew as usual. Read
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Health
Viral tweet overstates UK’s lead in Covid-19 cases
There are things to take into account when you see UK data compared with other countries. Read
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No evidence Tesco is sacking 4,300 workers
A Facebook post claims 4,300 Tesco workers are getting sacked and this is why you shouldn’t use self checkout machines. Read
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Health
No evidence you shouldn’t breastfeed after Covid-19 vaccination
An Instagram post takes a tragic story of an infant’s death and uses it to make baseless claims about vaccine safety. Read
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Fungi growing ‘out of’ dead possum’s hand is staged
This type of fungi does grow around decaying carcasses but the photographer says he staged the picture. Read
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Health
mRNA vaccines aren’t gene editing and don’t alter your DNA
A video claiming vaccines are part of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ uses footage of World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab to claim vaccines edit your genes. Read
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Crime
Falling crime is related to pandemic lockdowns
Boris Johnson said falls in police recorded crime are ‘not just’ because of lockdowns. Read
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