Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
A Facebook post claims that Henry Kissinger gave a speech on eugenics and vaccines to the Council on Eugenics. Neither the speech nor the council is real. Read
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Claims about patents existing for AIDS, Zika, SARS, swine flu and Ebola are misleading. Read
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus. Claims that Jacob Rothschild owns the patent are untrue. Read
Lots of cities in China have 5G coverage, not just the city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
Facebook posts incorrectly claim a vaccine to the Wuhan coronavirus was trialled earlier this month. The study trialled a vaccine to MERS, a different type of coronavirus. Read
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them. Read
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A local UKIP Facebook page has shared a misleading image about the flu vaccine. Read
Most flu injections in the UK are inactive and therefore cannot spread between people. Read
Vaccines go through a number of trial stages to check they don’t have dangerous side effects. Read
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The World Health Organisation says ‘eliminating measles’ means the number of cases in a country is at a level where it can’t circulate easily. Read
