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| Stephen McDermott |
The video, featuring chair of the fringe Irish Freedom Party Professor Dolores Cahill, has since been shared hundreds of times and has over one million views.
It incorrectly claims that Covid-19 vaccines and face masks are unsafe; that several official facts about Covid-19 are wrong; that Covid-19 does not spread as easily as official sources state; and that lockdowns will cause everyone to die an early death.© Facebook
These claims are untrue, misrepresent the facts and do not stand up to public health advice.
Here is a breakdown of the claims and why they are false or misleading:
Claim 1: Australia could force its citizens to be vaccinated against Covid-19
At the beginning of the video, Cahill is asked whether people should take a Covid-19 vaccine and she replies that she would not take one herself.
She says:
I have said if you paid me £10 million I would not take [a vaccine], and if anyone forcibly injected me like they can potentially try to do in Australia, I would sue someone for attempted murder.
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