Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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Just 0.04% of Israelis who received the Covid-19 vaccination later caught the disease, but this doesn’t mean the vaccine is 99.96% effective. Read
The territory has had 70 Covid-19 deaths overall and 6 have died since getting the vaccine. Read
2,000 children aged between 12 and 15 have been recruited onto the trial, with parental consent. Read
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A report in German newspaper Handelsblatt claimed that the AstraZeneca vaccine was only 8% effective among over 65s. Read
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There is also no reason to believe the vaccine will impact male fertility as claimed. It may actually help protect it. Read
Norwegian officials suspect common side effects like nausea may have contributed to the deaths in very frail patients. Read
A widely shared post on social media claims people who don’t know their NHS number are causing a ‘bottleneck’. Read
Parliament did vote on new regulations on Wednesday, but these new rules didn’t make vaccines mandatory. Read
The photo of a woman getting a Covid-19 vaccine has been used as evidence that the media is lying to people. Read
This doesn’t mean that vaccination passports are planned. Read
