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A tweet also shared to Facebook claiming the FDA said 71 times more heart attacks occurred following the Covid-19 vaccine than any other vaccine is inaccurate. Read
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A video of a man opening textbooks to pages about monkeypox does not show the outbreak is a ‘war on us’. Read
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They are caused by completely different viruses. Read
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Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a virus. There is no evidence it is a side effect of vaccination against Covid-19. Read
A claim that members of the US special forces found traces of pesticides in vials of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is false. Read
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While reporting on the rise of monkeypox, the Times said that smallpox is the only disease ever eradicated by humans. But there has been another—the cattle disease, rinderpest. Read
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While a Daily Express headline suggests otherwise, the proportion of Britons forecast to be obese or severely obese by 2040 is actually 36%. Read
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False claims circulating on social media about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are not based on newly published documents. Read
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Posts questioning where the £37 billion allocated to Test and Trace was spent have been shared hundreds of times on social media. Read
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The poster includes a link to a genuine scheme, which has existed since before the pandemic, under which people severely disabled by vaccines can apply for £120,000. Read
