Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim. Read
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A viral clip from a BBC documentary shows that an HIV protein was used in a Covid vaccine trial, but fails to mention the vaccine itself was scrapped soon afterwards. Read
We can find no evidence that Mr Gates has written or said anything about reducing the population with forced vaccines. Read
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Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases. Read
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Mpox is not an ingredient in AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus. It is not a side effect of vaccination. Read
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Vaccines are tested and monitored to a much higher standard than most other medicines. Read
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An online post claims that a study has shown that the Pfizer vaccine causes cancer. That’s not the case. Read
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On Steven Bartlett’s popular podcast, Dr Aseem Malhotra claimed there would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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There is no good evidence that mRNA vaccines give people cancer. Read
