Pippa Allen-Kinross

News & Online Editor (former)

Pippa joined Full Fact as a journalist in January 2020 from her position as senior reporter at Schools Week. She previously worked for the Wimbledon Guardian and The Wharf and freelanced at Mirror Online.

13 May 2021

Why is the Nuremberg Code being used to oppose Covid-19 vaccines?

Social media users are incorrectly citing the medical ethics code to argue against Covid-19 vaccination.

27 April 2021

BBC wrong to say puppies died of Covid-19

The BBC’s live blog confused Covid-19 with canine coronavirus

14 April 2021

Fibres from masks and swabs aren’t 'Morgellons'

Several videos on social media give false warnings about ‘Morgellons’ in face masks and Covid-19 test swabs.

9 April 2021

Poverty is not the same as food insecurity

Claims about all households in poverty struggling to put food on the table need a closer look.

31 March 2021

Lateral flow tests are not unsafe

Posts on social media are wrong to warn that the ethylene oxide used to sterilise some Covid-19 tests makes them dangerous.

26 March 2021

Police confirm officers did not suffer broken bones at Bristol protest

Avon and Somerset police initially said one officer had a broken arm and another had broken ribs.

25 March 2021

Oranges don’t test positive for Covid-19

A post on Facebook claims an orange tested positive for coronavirus using a lateral flow test.

24 March 2021

AstraZeneca does not translate to ‘weapon that kills’

The Covid-19 vaccine developer got its name from a merger of two companies.

16 March 2021

Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack

Social media posts falsely claim that a woman arrested during the Clapham vigil is the same woman who was injured in the Parsons Green Tube attack.

9 March 2021

Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 460 deaths

Misleading claims about vaccine deaths are a misreporting of data from the Yellow Card scheme.

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Pippa Allen-Kinross

News & Online Editor (former)

Why is the Nuremberg Code being used to oppose Covid-19 vaccines?

BBC wrong to say puppies died of Covid-19

Fibres from masks and swabs aren’t 'Morgellons'

Poverty is not the same as food insecurity

Lateral flow tests are not unsafe

Police confirm officers did not suffer broken bones at Bristol protest

Oranges don’t test positive for Covid-19

AstraZeneca does not translate to ‘weapon that kills’

Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack

Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 460 deaths

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