Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
Four volunteers developed Bell’s palsy after getting a Covid-19 vaccine, but this doesn’t mean they are linked. Read
One expert said the possibility was ‘vanishingly small’. Read
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Many of the claims in this post are common myths about the vaccine. Read
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Posts claim that CNN used a picture of one of the first vaccine recipients back in October. They did not. Read
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Claims about PEG, non-neutralizing antibodies, fertility and late effects have been made about the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the UK. Read
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The vaccine causes an immune response to a spike protein, but this almost certainly won’t make the body attack the placenta. Read
The Ebola vaccine had to be stored at temperatures this low too. Read
Several candidate vaccines use this technology. Read
The government needs a system for logging any medical problems that people encounter at the same time as the vaccine. Read
The post claims that the Covid-19 death rate is much lower than the estimated 0.5%-1% and makes baseless claims that a vaccine would kill more people than the virus. Read
