A video being shared on social media makes the false claim that a vaccine for Covid-19 has already been made and consists of chemicals that promote infertility.
The 10-minute clip, shared thousands of times on social media features a monologue from a man called Zed Phoenix, who uploads videos to YouTube in which he comments about vaccines.
In this footage, Phoenix informs viewers that an “insider” at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has told him a vaccine for Covid-19 has already been manufactured and that it contains chemicals that will eventually cause “an explosion of infertility” in the United Kingdom.
Firstly, it is false to say a Covid-19 vaccine has already been made. There are currently 167 possible vaccines being monitored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), 29 of which are undergoing clinical trials.
None of them have yet been approved for use. Russia approved its own vaccine earlier this week — but this has not undergone clinical trials, and is unlikely to be used in the UK before it passes such a stage.
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