The Independent SAGE’s new myth-buster series, tackling a series of common Covid-related myths.
Myth-buster 1: Is there a point to vaccines if we can still get infected?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that there’s no point getting vaccinated if it doesn’t stop you from getting infected.
Myth-buster 2: Is “natural” immunity better than vaccine immunity?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that “natural” immunity is better than vaccine immunity.
Myth-buster 3: Do viruses always evolve to become milder?
Prof Steve Griffin tackles the myth that viruses always evolve to become milder.
Myth-buster 4: Responding to Covid is about lockdowns or doing nothing?
Prof Christina Pagel tackles the myth that responding to Covid is about lockdowns or nothing.
Myth-buster 5: Covid-related models were always wrong?
Dr Kit Yates tackles the myth that Covid related modelling cannot be trusted and that the models were always wrong.
Myth-buster 6: Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine are effective treatments for Covid?
Prof Steve Griffin tackles the myth that Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine are effective treatments for Covid.
Myth-buster 7: Vaccines were rushed through without appropriate care?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that vaccines were rushed through without appropriate care.
Myth-buster 8: Do the Covid vaccines cause infertility?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that Covid vaccines cause infertility.
Myth-buster 9: Covid vaccines cause cancer?
Dr Lennard Lee tackles the myth that Covid vaccines cause cancer.
Myth-buster 10: Can mRNA vaccines cause miscarriage?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that mRNA vaccines can cause miscarriages.
Myth-buster 11: Is it true that masks don’t work in protecting from Covid?
Prof Trish Greenhalgh tackles the myth that masks don’t work in protecting from Covid.
Myth-buster 12: Did UK scientists advocate fear to drive up people’s Covid-protective behaviours?
Prof Susan Michie tackles the myth that UK behavioural scientists advocated fear to increase people’s Covid-protective behaviours.
Myth-buster 13: Vulnerable people have many options if they fall ill whilst we live with the virus?
Prof Steve Griffin tackles the myth that vulnerable people have plentiful options for treatment if they fall ill whilst we “live with the virus”.
Myth-buster 14: A behavioural scientist’s take on the need for clean air
Prof Susan Michie talks about the need for clean air.
Myth-buster 15: Do vaccines cause spikopathy?
Prof Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth that vaccines cause spikopathy.
Myth-buster 16: Immunocompromised patients don’t need vaccines as they don’t work?
Dr Lennard Lee tackles the myth that immunocompromised patients don’t need vaccines as they don’t work.