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Health
The CDC has announced it will no longer request authorisation for one type of PCR test. It is recommending others instead because they are more efficient. Read
Social media posts have misleadingly suggested tanks were deployed in Paris in response to protests. Read
Communications consultant James Melville compares Covid-19 and cancer deaths but his figures aren’t correct. Read
Health
It is not true that if a wound bleeds, there’s no chance you have tetanus. Read
Health
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
An amendment to the Health and Social Care Act has been criticised because it did not include a full impact assessment. Read
Health
Large numbers of people (including vulnerable populations) have been vaccinated, and therefore PHE statistics show that there are still deaths amongst vaccinated people. Read
Dawn Butler was removed from the Commons for claiming that the Prime Minister lied. Read
One of the pictures circulated on social media shows the PM receiving a flu vaccination. Read
Health
People are not entitled to the equivalent of the living wage while they self-isolate, and a £500 support payment is only for those on benefits or in hardship. Read
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