Claim: A PHE report shows the Covid-19 vaccines have negative effectiveness in the over-40s.
Fact-check: Vaccines do not raise your risk of catching Covid - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the report contains data that it warns could be misinterpreted in this way. it also says that the vaccines are positively effective.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-09-20T00:00:00