Claim: The Covid-19 vaccines offer very little protection against the disease.
Fact-check: Covid-19 vaccines are very effective - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. the claim is based on a misinterpretation of a lancet comment article, which compared different ways of measuring effectiveness. it did not refute the headline figures that have already been reported.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-06-02T00:00:00