Vaccines

Influencer video full of untrue vaccine claims

By Sarah Turnnidge • 8 mins

These include false claims that all animals in Covid vaccine trials died and that vaccines can change your DNA. Read

Covid-19 child vaccine trial paused over clot concerns, not cot death

By Grace Rahman • 2 mins

The study was giving the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged between six and 17, not infants. Read

Mike Yeadon wrong again on lockdowns and face masks

By Abbas Panjwani • 2 mins

Claims that lockdowns and face masks don’t work are false. Read

Health

There’s more to the claim only 32 vaccinated people were hospitalised with Covid-19

By Grace Rahman • 3 mins

A report in the Telegraph claimed there was only one vaccinated case per 2,300 patients. That’s highly misleading. Read

Error-strewn paper claims face masks are ineffective and harmful

By Abbas Panjwani • 5 mins

The ‘peer-reviewed paper from Stanford’ is not from Stanford and may not have been conventionally peer-reviewed. Read

Health

Being near to people vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t give you side effects

By Sarah Turnnidge • 4 mins

There is nothing in the Covid-19 vaccines used in the UK that could cause vaccine shedding. Read

Godfrey Bloom video makes false claims about vaccines

By Tom Norton • 4 mins

Former MEP Godfrey Bloom has made a number of false claims about Covid-19 vaccines Read

The government hasn’t said the vaccine will cause a third wave of deaths

By Grace Rahman • 2 mins

Covid-19 vaccines aren’t 100% efficient, but experts aren’t predicting they will cause mass hospitalisations. Read

Covid-19 vaccine did not kill every animal it was tested on

By Sarah Turnnidge • 2 mins

A Facebook post is wrong to claim animals involved in vaccine trials died from sepsis, immune disorder or cardiac failure. Read