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Health
It claims the risk of catching Covid-19 is 44 million to one. This is a misreading of the fact that daily infections were 44 per million in England, and have since risen. Read
It used an edited picture of an Emirates aircraft above some houses. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK currently trades with Japan under an EU trade agreement. The economic benefits of the new UK-Japan deal are relative to having no agreement, not to trading under the existing agreement. Read
This incorrect claim appears every year. Read
Health
Covid-19’s prevalence in the community is measured by more than the number of positive tests. Read
Health
The real death rate from Covid-19 is probably about five or ten times higher than 0.1% Read
GPT-3 is mistaken about the etymology of the word robot. Read
Health
Numerous items already used by the medical profession have been reclassified for use with Covid-19 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Read
Health
Shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable has been paused in the UK. That goes for most local lockdown areas, but not Leicester and Blackburn. Read
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