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There is no evidence that using something that has been sterilised with ethylene oxide, such as a Covid-19 swab, is harmful. Read
Health
The medication has been authorised for a new and slightly different use, but the medication itself is not new. Read
This was suggested by the Prime Minister’s spokesperson and Gillian Keegan MP in defence of plans to require voters to have photo ID. Read
The headline of an article about the Scottish election results was changed by the newspaper. Read
Facebook memes about MP attendance exclude important information. Read
It’s not just funded by the licence fee or public money as the Sun suggested. Around 30% is from commercial operations. Read
Health
Evidence suggests suicides did not increase after the first lockdown. Read
These include falsehoods that all people who die after a positive Covid test are registered as having died of Covid and that the Covid vaccines are experimental. Read
Health
These include claims that there is a blanket approach to DNACPRs on elderly and disabled people, that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental and genocidal, and that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Read
Health
The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in 2020, not Covid-19 in 2021. Read
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