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A poster shares ways to tell if a drink has been tampered with. But spiked drinks do not necessarily exhibit any changes in appearance, taste or smell. Read
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The BBC article said that “two spikes” in the neonatal death rate had occurred in Scotland—not that spike proteins had been found in babies’ bodies. Read
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Karl Turner claimed that Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson “blew” £37 billion on the Track and Trace app. The app’s actual cost in the first year was about £35 million. Read
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Not all of the 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in England since the pandemic started were necessarily caused by healthcare disruption. Many may have been caused by Covid-19. Read
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The shadow health secretary claimed there were no strikes in the NHS during Labour’s last spell in government, but we’ve found some examples of local strikes taking place. Read
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MPs Danny Kruger, Sir Christopher Chope and Andrew Bridgen all made claims about vaccines that need context. Read
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While the Florence Nightingale Pledge does exist, it is not usually taken by nurses in the UK. Read
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There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are causing cancer. Read
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Post-trial studies showed the Covid-19 vaccine offered some protection against transmission of early variants. Read
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There is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are causing people to die of SADS, or that deaths due to the Covid-19 vaccine are being misreported as SADS as part of a cover up. Read
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