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The photo of a woman getting a Covid-19 vaccine has been used as evidence that the media is lying to people. Read
Health
Doctors only report a small fraction of Covid infections through the NOIDs system. Read
The watch appears upside down to the viewer, but shows 8pm. Read
This doesn’t mean that vaccination passports are planned. Read
Some syringes have a spring which retracts the needle once the dose is administered. Read
Four volunteers developed Bell’s palsy after getting a Covid-19 vaccine, but this doesn’t mean they are linked. Read
One expert said the possibility was ‘vanishingly small’. Read
A survey by the campaign group Fair Fuel UK was covered by The Mail on Sunday, but has several flaws. Read
Health
Many of the claims in this post are common myths about the vaccine. Read
Health
Spend on contact tracing is a small part of Test and Trace. As of October, roughly the same amount had been spent on national and local authority tracing efforts. Read
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