A caller on the Jeremy Vine show demonstrated exactly how not to read data from the Yellow Card Scheme.

14 Aug 2021 |
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On BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday, a caller misled producers about his intentions in order to get on air, before spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccines.

He claimed that 1,500 people have died from the Covid vaccines. But these deaths have happened after vaccination, but not necessarily because of vaccination.

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The caller was not alone in misreading the Yellow Card Reporting Scheme, in which individuals report any suspected reactions after receiving the vaccine.

We have written fact checks about Yellow Card Reporting time and time again. But people are still using these figures to overestimate vaccine risks, only heightening the understandable anxiety and fear felt by many of us.

We need your help to ensure our fact checks reach the right people, including producers and presenters in our national media.

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Thank you for being a vital part of the fight against bad information.

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Just a few of our fact checks into claims that misinterpret Yellow Card data:
* Yellow Card data isn't proof of Covid-19 vaccine deaths ([link removed])
* There is no evidence that people are dying from the Covid-19 vaccine ([link removed])
* Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 460 deaths ([link removed])

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