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A post about coronavirus vaccines gets facts about their safety, ingredients, and legality wrong
Many of the claims in this post are common myths about the vaccine. Read
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Rachael Krishna
Fact Checker (former)
Rachael joined Full Fact in April 2019, having previously worked as a reporter for BuzzFeed News. She worked with the fact-checking team, and has experience and interest in online misinformation and social media.
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This is a real letter from an NHS trust that dealt with no Covid-19 deaths
The trust provides community, mental health, and disability services. Read
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GPs and other frontline medical workers will be among the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine
The government has published plans on who will be vaccinated first. Read
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This picture of a vaccine vial from March 2020 is real
The Oxford vaccine has been in development since January 2020. Read
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Martin Lewis and City of London Police have not warned about a scam involving banks and mobile networks
This claim has been circulating since at least March 2020. Read
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It’s misleading to compare the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and the death rate
Vaccines don’t just prevent death. Read
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This post does not show photo of a giant eagle in Scotland
The photo appears to have originally been taken in South Carolina. Read
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The infection fatality rate for Covid-19 is higher than 0.1%
Toby Young missed that a study he was citing had already calculated an IFR for Covid. Read
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The figure for a dose of a potential Covid-19 vaccine covers the cost of delivering the treatment
GP practices are private companies that receive funding from a range of places. Read
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The Covid-19 recovery rate is not 99.9%
Posts on social media have overestimated the Covid recovery rate. Read
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