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UK nurses don’t usually take a pledge which might prevent them from going on strike
While the Florence Nightingale Pledge does exist, it is not usually taken by nurses in the UK. Read
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Facebook post linking Covid-19 vaccines with report about cancer in the under-50s is misleading
There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are causing cancer. Read
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Claims that Pfizer vaccine wasn’t tested on preventing transmission need context
Post-trial studies showed the Covid-19 vaccine offered some protection against transmission of early variants. Read
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Deaths due to SADS aren’t covering up ‘genocide’ caused by Covid-19 vaccines
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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The mRNA vaccines don’t show Covid-19 ‘doesn’t exist’
A post has wrongly claimed Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do not contain a live virus because SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t exist. Read
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Sunday Express misinterprets suicide data
We do not yet know whether suicides in young people rose in 2021. Suicide registrations did rise, but this may have been caused by delays earlier in the pandemic. Read
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NHS pay award will increase pay for nurses by 72p per hour
At Prime Minister’s Questions Labour MP Ian Lavery said nurses had been given a '72p a week pay rise'. The pay award offered to most NHS staff actually amounts to an increase of around 72p per hour. Read
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Nadhim Zahawi wrong to say Moderna booster protects against both Covid-19 and flu
The former minister for Covid vaccine deployment claimed that the Moderna booster protected against Covid-19 and flu. Read
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Protestors did not close Bristol vaccination clinic ‘for the foreseeable future’
A group of protesters made a video claiming they ‘closed’ the centre. It reopened three days later. Read
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Article on impact of voice assistants on children is not ‘new research’
An article which suggests voice assistants may hinder children's cognitive and social development is not based on original research, and has been criticised by experts. Read
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