The Pfizer Covid-19 candidate vaccine is not too cold to be called a vaccine
The Ebola vaccine had to be stored at temperatures this low too. 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.
RNA Covid-19 vaccines will not change your DNA
Several candidate vaccines use this technology. Read
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There are no foetal cells in the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
Cells derived from human foetal cells used in production don’t make it to the final product. Read
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Nadine Dorries says email from her office on vaccines does not reflect her views
The MP has said the email was sent by a new staff member and didn’t represent her view or government policy. Read
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The government plans to monitor potential adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccine, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be safe
The government needs a system for logging any medical problems that people encounter at the same time as the vaccine. Read
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The government is not proposing to make a Covid-19 vaccine mandatory
Evidence submitted to the human rights committee by four academics has been misunderstood. Read
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Group swab Covid-19 tests do not return positives to people without the virus
Sample pooling is a method being trialled to save time and resources when Covid-19 prevalence is low. Read
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A Covid-19 vaccine is not being administered via Covid-19 nasal swab tests
Despite the fact that some other animal vaccines are administered via the nose, the Covid-19 swab test is not a Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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The WHO has not decided attending school implies consent for vaccines
In the UK you can’t be forced to have a vaccine. Read
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Old faked picture of Obama and Bin Laden surfaces again
The picture has been edited. Read
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