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Two metres is a little better than one
New research shows that keeping your distance does protect against coronavirus Read
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Leo Benedictus
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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.
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SAGE did not advise against reopening schools on 1 June
This was the opinion of the Independent SAGE, who are a different group of scientists. Read
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Covid-19 may not be a “high consequence infectious disease”, but it is a real emergency
The new coronavirus can cause many thousands of deaths even though Covid-19 is no longer considered a “high consequence infectious disease”. Read
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It is not clear that 19 million people have already had the new coronavirus
New findings that 19 million people in the UK have already had the new coronavirus are very uncertain. Read
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No, Italy hasn’t recounted its coronavirus data and found that most died from other diseases
Official data shows that most people who died from Covid-19 had other conditions, not that these conditions were the real cause of their death. Read
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Far more people have died of Covid-19 in the UK than in Japan
Far more people have died of Covid-19 in the UK than in Japan, but we don’t yet know why Read
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Covid-19 deaths in care homes have started to fall
Keir Starmer was right, in one way, to say that deaths in care homes were rising. In another way, Boris Johnson was right to disagree. Read
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Viral Facebook post is wrong on deaths in first three months of 2020
The statistics in this Facebook post are wrong. Many people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK. Read
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Total deaths in the UK in 2020 have now risen above the deaths during the same period in 2018
Total deaths registered in England and Wales for 2020 so far are below 2018, but the weekly death figure is still well above what it has been. Read
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The 5G And Beyond Act is not a British law
The 5G And Beyond Act is not a British law. Nor is it about speeding up 5G installation. Read
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