Coronavirus

5 October 2023

Rapid tests for both Covid and flu don’t prove infections are the same thing

Tests with two different wells for samples that can detect three different infections do not prove the infections are the same.

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12 September 2023

Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t raise risk of catching and dying from the disease

An uncertain statistical finding in a single study is heavily outweighed by a large body of evidence showing that the Covid vaccines reduce your chance of severe Covid.

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6 September 2023

‘Legacy’ wording on UKHSA job advert not proof of a planned pandemic

Social media posts suggest a UKHSA job advert shows that a new pandemic is being planned. But the UKHSA says the wording from the advert is a “legacy” from before the Covid-19 vaccine rollout began.

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29 August 2023

Covid-19 vaccines not ‘Mass Genocide’ of children

A Facebook post repeats the claim that Covid vaccines are causing death to children on a large scale. This isn’t true.

24 August 2023

Government spent much more than £18bn on the Covid health response

£18 billion went towards the NHS in England’s frontline Covid response in 2020/21, but far more was spent on other health programmes such as test and trace and buying PPE.

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23 August 2023

The EG.5 variant of Covid-19 has nothing to do with 5G

Videos from a popular Instagram influencer wrongly suggest that the 5G network is somehow causing disease associated with the new Covid variant.

23 August 2023

ONS data shows lower death rates in people vaccinated against Covid-19

A video from the US is circulating on social media again, claiming that mortality data in the UK shows Covid-19 vaccines to cause a large increase in deaths. This is not what the data shows.

9 August 2023

Data doesn’t seem to back up PM’s claim that A&E waits are ‘the best in two years’

Rishi Sunak claimed A&E waiting times are at their best in two years. But experts say this is hard to reconcile with public data, which shows that June 2023 was not the best month in the last 24.

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3 August 2023

Florida is not banning Covid-19 jabs for being bioweapons

A Florida Republican group has agreed to send a letter to state officials asking for Covid vaccines to be banned, but this does not appear to have any legal power to enact a ban in the state.

27 July 2023

Covid isn’t fake

A social media post claims Covid-19 is a fake virus. This isn’t the case. Millions of people have died from the disease and it continues to infect people worldwide.

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Rapid tests for both Covid and flu don’t prove infections are the same thing

Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t raise risk of catching and dying from the disease

‘Legacy’ wording on UKHSA job advert not proof of a planned pandemic

Covid-19 vaccines not ‘Mass Genocide’ of children

Government spent much more than £18bn on the Covid health response

The EG.5 variant of Covid-19 has nothing to do with 5G

ONS data shows lower death rates in people vaccinated against Covid-19

Data doesn’t seem to back up PM’s claim that A&E waits are ‘the best in two years’

Florida is not banning Covid-19 jabs for being bioweapons

Covid isn’t fake

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