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Telegraph updates Covid vaccines article following study retraction

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By Leo Benedictus Verified
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The Telegraph has added an Editor’s Note to a 2024 article, after Full Fact got in touch to flag that the scientific study it was based on had been retracted. The study, originally published in the journal BMJ Public Health in May 2024, was reported by the Telegraph under the headline “Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths”.
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Covid vaccines don’t raise your risk of miscarriage

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By Leo Benedictus Verified
| Full Fact
What was claimed 76% of pregnant women vaccinated against Covid-19 experience miscarriage. Our verdict False. This figure appears to be based on a very small sample of high-risk pregnancies. The vaccine has no link with miscarriage. What was claimed The number of births in Australia fell by 67%. Our verdict False. This is based on a misunderstanding of official data from 2021, which actually showed a delay in recorded births, not a decline.
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‘250,000 victims of rape gangs’ is not a reliable estimate

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By Leo Benedictus Verified
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What was claimed It is established that 250,000 children have been victims of rape gangs this century. Our verdict This figure is not calculated reliably. It is an estimate derived from unevidenced assumptions, and based on some figures that count victims of child sexual exploitation in general, not of rape gangs specifically.
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