WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”
This is a fake ad created as a joke. It gets the name of its own product wrong, for starters. Read
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Leo Benedictus
Journalist
Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ assemblies and debunking superfoods. He has a fondness for science and statistics. He also writes novels.
Education
A survey of diversity in children’s books is flawed
A BBC News article said 10% of children’s books have an ethnic minority character, but this figure comes from flawed research. Read
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Health
Daily Mail understates the risks of Covid-19 to children
Severe disease and death are very rare, but still more common than the Mail claimed. Read
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Health
The mayor of Calgary didn't say that Covid-19 was a hoax
This comes from what seems to be a fake transcript of a court hearing that never happened. Read
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Health
Immunity through Covid infection is much riskier than a vaccine
Getting vaccinated is still effective, and far safer, whether you’ve had the disease or not. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up
The government estimated its new imports policy will save wine drinkers £130 million. An industry body puts the figure at around £30 million. Read
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Health
Robert Peston overstated the importance of reinfections
It is true that people testing positive for Covid-19 more than once are not counted in the daily case figures—but it would only make a small difference to the total if they were. Read
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Was Dawn Butler right about Boris Johnson ‘lying’ to Parliament?
Dawn Butler was removed from the Commons for claiming that the Prime Minister lied. Read
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Health
Young people do face a small risk from Covid
Death and severe disease are very unlikely, but there is not no risk of them “at all”. Read
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Health
Lord Sumption made several errors about Covid on Today
More than 100,000 deaths have been caused by Covid, and it has killed thousands of people who had no pre-existing condition. Read
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