What happens when pupils test positive for Covid-19?
There’s been some confusion over whether pupils can return to school after a positive lateral flow test but a negative PCR result. Read
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Covid-19 fact checks
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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Misleading claims about Serco’s role in Test and Trace resurface
Most of the money spent on Test and Trace goes on testing. Serco plays a big part in tracing, but does not receive a majority of the funding. Read
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Side effects from the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines are about the same
An article in the Express is misleading when it says that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has ‘more adverse side effects’. Read
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Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 460 deaths
Misleading claims about vaccine deaths are a misreporting of data from the Yellow Card scheme. Read
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Did Eat Out to Help Out cause Covid to spread?
Debate over whether the government scheme caused a rise in infections continues. Read
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Health
Luminescent enzymes not in Covid-19 vaccine and other myths debunked
Viral claims include that Covid-19 vaccines will change your DNA (they won’t) and contain something called luciferase (they don’t). Read
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Tests can detect the Covid-19 virus
The false positive rate is not 100%, which would mean they gave a positive result, wrongly, every time. Read
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Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine will not change your DNA
This is a common myth about mRNA vaccines, which give instructions to cells, but do not change their DNA. Read
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Covid-19 is not a rebrand of flu
Although sometimes flu and Covid-19 have similar symptoms, they are different illnesses caused by different organisms. Read
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There is no evidence that people are dying from the Covid-19 vaccine
Some deaths and serious events have been recorded after vaccination, but none because of it so far Read
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