A Facebook post says the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, doesn’t think he needs to be vaccinated because “he’s healthy”. This isn’t true. In December, Mr Bourla gave an interview on CNBC where he said he didn’t want to receive his company’s vaccine ahead of others who needed it more. When asked when he would… Read More »
A video posted on Facebook by Chris Preddie OBE claims Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he doesn’t need a Covid-19 vaccine. The video includes an interview from CNBC with Mr Bourla with text imposed above it which says “PFIZER CEO HAS NOT YET HAD VACCINE Don’t wanna cut the line”. Text next to the video… Read More »
A Facebook post claims the BBC has lost £50 million “this year” from non-payment of licence fees. It also states that 260,000 over-75s had “refused to pay” for the TV licence. Neither of these points are right. No suggestion the BBC has lost £50 million in licence fees The £50 million figure seems to have… Read More »
This article links to footage that is potentially distressing. A post on Facebook claims that a US aircraft photographed leaving Afghanistan was an inflatable decoy. As multiple other fact checking services such as Check Your Fact and Reuters have previously written about similar claims, there is no evidence that this is true. Thousands of people… Read More »
A post on Facebook falsely claims that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, and biological viruses as a whole, do not exist. Viruses exist The post seems to claim that viruses do not exist. This is wholly false. Viruses are microbes which are able to latch onto and multiply inside the cells of… Read More »
A Facebook post claims that “due to changes in validity since leaving Europe, your passport is now only valid for 10 years from the issue date on your passport.” When you renew your passport as an adult, it is valid for ten years from the date your old passport expired. So if you renewed it… Read More »
A post on Facebook shows a screenshot of a tweet from Health Secretary Sajid Javid, saying “Looking forward to opening one of new 48 [sic] hospitals later today.” The accompanying text on Facebook says: “More lies from the Conservative Party. This is a new cancer centre that was in the pipeline years before Mr Johnson… Read More »
A Facebook post claims to offer a chocolate hamper courtesy of Cadbury World to every user who reshares and comments on the post. At the time of writing there were 13,000 comments on the post. This is a fake scam offer and the Facebook page is not an official Cadburys page. The post says in… Read More »
We’ve been asked on WhatsApp whether women who received their first Covid-19 vaccine prior to becoming pregnant, but who then delayed their second dose since becoming pregnant, are advised to get their second dose. We’ve been asked whether a second dose is advised for pregnant women even if a long time has elapsed since their… Read More »
