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.
The march passed under Waterloo Bridge in 50 minutes. It’s unfeasible that one million people could pass through that space in 50 minutes. Read
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The BBC’s live blog confused Covid-19 with canine coronavirus Read
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The study it describes looked at whether Covid raises the risks associated with pregnancy—not whether pregnancy raises the risks of Covid. Read
An aerial image is claimed to be from the 24 April anti-lockdown march in London. It was actually from a 2018 march against Brexit. Read
The study was giving the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged between six and 17, not infants. Read
Claims that lockdowns and face masks don’t work are false. Read
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A report in the Telegraph claimed there was only one vaccinated case per 2,300 patients. That’s highly misleading. Read
The ‘peer-reviewed paper from Stanford’ is not from Stanford and may not have been conventionally peer-reviewed. Read
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There is nothing in the Covid-19 vaccines used in the UK that could cause vaccine shedding. Read
Former MEP Godfrey Bloom has made a number of false claims about Covid-19 vaccines Read
