Video of man reporting Covid-19 crimes to police is full of misinformation
A viral video contains a list of debunked theories about the vaccine and disease. 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.
The deadline for opting out of the NHS GP data collection has changed
NHS Digital will start collecting the data at the start of September. Read
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British Airways is not in ‘crisis talks’ with the government about vaccinated pilots
There is no evidence three pilots died of the Covid-19 vaccine. Four pilots have recently died, but BA says these are not linked. Read
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Health
Possible link between Pfizer second dose and mild heart inflammation in young men
Most men studied in Israel had to go into hospital for a few days but the majority of cases were quite mild. Read
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This Morning guest makes misleading claims on vaccine efficacy
Evidence points to the fact that vaccines do stop you catching Covid and spreading it. Read
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Getting a Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t mean you can connect to Bluetooth
This rumour is totally false. Read
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The Genocide Act of 1969 has not just been repealed
The act was repealed in 2001, but replaced by another law making genocide illegal. Read
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1,102 people haven’t died ‘of’ the Covid-19 vaccine
This is how many people have died a short period after getting vaccinated. Read
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There’s no evidence that eating cucumbers stops lung cancer
A Facebook post misreported some scientific papers on mice, lung cancer and a chemical in cucumbers. Read
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The PM’s brother did not join Dyson days after tax texts
Jo Johnson joined Dyson’s university, not the company, in February, but the texts were sent in March. Read
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