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The Covid-19 vaccines were tested before rollout
A video on social media makes several false claims about the Covid-19 vaccines, citing a video from Canada. Read
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Are community diagnostic centres ‘cutting’ NHS waiting lists?
Diagnostic and treatment waiting lists have both grown, but the government says they’d be even longer without the additional checks and scans delivered by CDCs. Read
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Mirror wrong to say NHS standards ‘since Covid’ behind excess cardiovascular deaths
A print article claimed that poor NHS standards were the reason for almost 100,000 excess cardiovascular deaths since 2020, but it didn’t mention that Covid itself might have caused most of them. Read
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MailOnline corrects article on homeworking
The website said that a third of homeworkers don’t have their own workspace. But this was based on research looking at office workers in general. Read
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Labour fails to back up claim that the NHS owns 10% of the world’s pagers
The claim may stem from coverage of a 2017 report by a clinical messaging company. Other more recent figures suggest the NHS may account for far fewer than 10% of pagers globally. Read
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Looking at the sun can cause blindness
A viral Facebook video claims looking at the sun directly is not harmful to the eyes if done at sunrise or sunset. This isn’t true. Read
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Steve Barclay wrong to claim the WHO has announced the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘officially over’
In fact, the World Health Organisation has said Covid is no longer a global health emergency, but that the pandemic is still ongoing. Read
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Sugar-free alkaline diets won’t ‘starve’ cancer
A video on social media claims that avoiding refined sugar and eating an ‘alkaline’ diet will have an anti-cancer effect. This isn’t supported by the evidence. Read
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Raw milk won’t cure lactose intolerance, but it might make you ill
An Instagram video claims that raw unpasteurised milk cures lactose intolerance. But raw milk still contains lactose and there’s no evidence it will prevent the digestive issues this causes. Read
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The overall NHS waiting list continues to rise
Rishi Sunak says the government’s “cutting waiting lists”. That’s true in the case of some specific NHS waiting lists, but not for the main list overall. Read
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