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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Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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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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There is evidence vaccines reduce risk of Covid-19 illness
Being ill with Covid-19 and getting infected by the virus that causes it are not the same thing. Read
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No evidence for drop in US sudden infant death syndrome cases
A Facebook post claims SIDS cases have fallen in the US by using a dataset which collects reports of a tiny fraction of the total. Read
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There are no human cells in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it won’t give you a chimpanzee virus
A post on social media makes claims about viruses from chimpanzees and human foetal cells in AstraZeneca vaccine. Read
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People giving Covid-19 vaccines won’t be tried as war criminals
A video claims the roll-out is part of an experiment where the subjects haven’t consented, which is wrong. Read
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No evidence that nanoparticles in Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility
Nanoparticles are the general term for very small particles. Read
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Penicillin allergies don’t rule out Pfizer vaccine
A post on social media claims that a penicillin allergy can cause a bad reaction to the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Read
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Pfizer vaccine effective, though not as effective as newspapers suggest
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
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53 people have not died in Gibraltar because of the Covid-19 vaccine
The territory has had 70 Covid-19 deaths overall and 6 have died since getting the vaccine. Read
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