This page brings together Full Fact’s fact checks on Covid-19, covering common claims, vaccine safety and efficacy, symptoms, treatments, government policies, and misinformation. We review evidence, correct errors, and monitor evolving science to help you make informed decisions.
Data from the UKHSA vaccine surveillance report cannot be used to estimate effectiveness correctly—as the report itself makes clear many times. Read
He was genuinely ill at the time of the interview, and later added the words “crisis actor” to his Instagram profile as a joke. Read
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Testing lateral flows with random things produces an invalid result. Read
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A doctor who challenged Sajid Javid on live TV misleadingly suggested Covid-19 vaccines are less effective than the evidence suggests. Read
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An online article has again misinterpreted data from the UKHSA to claim vaccines don’t prevent Covid-19 hospitalisation and death. Read
Multiple social media posts falsely report actress Betty White had her third Covid vaccine three days before she died. Read
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Around 90% of Covid ICU admissions have not received a booster, but only about 61% are not vaccinated at all. Read
There’s a big lag on figures due to deaths being investigated by coroners. Read
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An article by The Expose uses inaccurate figures and flawed calculations to incorrectly claim that Covid vaccines cause AIDS. Read
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The SNP quoted Covid-19 figures from the ONS correctly. Read
