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What was claimed Footage shows a recent Iranian strike on a building in Bahrain housing US officers. Our verdict False. The clip actually shows a Russian strike on Kyiv in January. Footage of a drone strike on a building has been shared on social media with false claims it shows a recent Iranian …
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A post on Instagram shared an image that claimed to show the rising number of vaccine doses children receive, along with the rising autism rate over the same time. A caption on the post says “Some of you are just rubbish at spotting patterns”.Setting aside whether the numbers in the image are …
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What was claimed A video shows a young Ukrainian soldier crying and saying he doesn’t want to die. Our verdict This video isn’t real and was made using artificial intelligence. A widely shared video of a young Ukrainian soldier crying and saying he doesn’t want to die isn’t real and was made using …
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What was claimed The signals emitted by 5G towers are damaging to humans, animals and plants, and can cause health conditions, including heart and vision problems. Our verdict There is no evidence that 5G technology is harmful to human health when used within the recommended exposure limits. A …
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From a scientific perspective, there is little doubt that vaccines are one of humanity’s most effective public health interventions, saving up to an estimated 3.5 to 5 million lives a year globally, according the the World Health Organisation.Vaccines work by reducing both individual risk, through …
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The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines do not contain a “cancer-causing” infectious monkey virus, contrary to a video circulating online.In a video on Facebook, which has been shared 10,000 times, and on Instagram where it has over 21,000 likes , Professor Angus Dalgleish, an oncologist, says: “The Pfizers …
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A video posted to Facebook claims that the Amish “refuse all vaccines” and have “NO cases of autism [sic]”, adding that the “only cases” are among those who were adopted and did receive vaccines.This is a common claim that has been circulating for many years, that we have written about before. But …
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The Daily Mail has corrected an article that incorrectly claimed “Korean researchers said they found proof the [covid vaccines] raised the risk of six types of cancer including lung, breast and prostate.”In fact the Korean researchers in question said the opposite. They said they had found an …
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A false claim that Arsenal footballer Declan Rice has donated millions to a London council’s housing project has been shared thousands of times online.Posts making similar versions of the claim have been circulating on Facebook and Threads, with one—which has 141,000 reactions and more than 4,400 …
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In the wake of last month’s announcement that the NHS will offer the chickenpox vaccine to children across the UK next year, we’ve seen a number of false and misleading claims on social media.Some social media users have responded to the news by incorrectly calling the vaccine “poison”, while …
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