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Rishi Sunak claimed NHS dentist numbers have increased by more than 500 “this year” compared with “last year”—but he appears to have been quoting figures for 2021/22. Read
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A video showing people collapsing claims to show deaths due to 5G activating ingredients injected into them. Read
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A widespread meme on social media is clearly wrong when it suggests there is no evidence that the Covid vaccines saved any lives at all. Read
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Multiple Facebook posts have claimed that £37 billion was spent on the NHS Test and Trace app when it actually cost about £35 million in 2020/21. Read
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A Facebook post appears to have repeated an old claim that the Lancet medical journal said 6.5 million migrants had registered with GPs in the last 10 years. Read
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The Mayor of London’s new book recounts a health scare in 2021 which may have been a heart attack. Some reports mistakenly called this a cardiac arrest, which is a different condition. Read
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A document released by the Health Ministry in 2021 said that it did not have its own culture of the virus. This was misinterpreted in a blog and on social media. Read
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A social media post claims that sunglasses prevent melanin production, increasing the risk of sunburn. This is an incorrect description of the process of tanning. Read
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A social media post claims that most sunscreens contain benzene, a chemical linked to cancer. It isn’t used as an ingredient, and the data on contamination doesn’t support these claims. Read
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Posts on social media are attributing a false quote to Chelsea Clinton. She did not say that children in the USA should be forcibly vaccinated. Read
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