Daily Archives: February 16, 2022

Content shared on Facebook claims the BBC has said that HIV is used to make the Covid-19 vaccines. This isn’t true, but there is a kernel of truth behind the claim. In June 2021, the BBC released a documentary telling the stories of different research teams’ efforts to manufacture a vaccine against Covid-19. In the… Read More »

A screenshot of what appears to be an ITV News article with the headline “Shaking the duvet too vigorously while making your bed can increase your chances of a heart attack, scientists warn” is doing the rounds on Facebook, and on Twitter, where it has been shared by the musicians Right Said Fred among others.… Read More »

An image of a fake mocked-up BBC News article is being shared on social media. The headline reads: “Breathing too many times a day could raise your risk of a heart attack”, and the article excerpt claims a trial found that this can increase the risk of high blood pressure and myocarditis, a type of… Read More »

An article published by a blog called The Exposé claims that people vaccinated against Covid-19 may be experiencing a form of “vaccine induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”, otherwise labelled as vaccine induced AIDS.  As evidence it claims that vaccinated people are more likely to catch Covid-19 than unvaccinated people, showing that vaccines not only don’t protect… Read More »