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.
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Scientific modelling has been widely criticised throughout the pandemic. We spoke to some of the leading experts behind the numbers about how they felt their work had been reported . Read
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Claims that natural immunity is ‘complete’ and vaccines are ‘obsolete’ are completely false. Read
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The claim follows other misinformation that parasites and nanoparticles are in the swabs. Read
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A TikTok video falsely claims the variants of Covid-19 were “made up”. Read
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An interview with Kary B Mullis seems to have been taken out of context. PCR tests detect viral genetic material and are very accurate. Read
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Rather than saying that double vaccinated people are much less likely to get and carry coronavirus, which is true, he mistakenly said that they were more likely. Read
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There were just under 400 reported cases of myocarditis, none of them fatal, after 8.9 million teens were vaccinated in the US. Read
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It was research into the impact of dietary intake of flavonoids on subjective cognitive decline. Read
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An article reproduced across a number of sites repeatedly draws misleading conclusions from official data. Read
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People aged 16 or over can consent to their own medical treatment. Read
