Wetherspoons Covid-19 reopening deal is fake
A Facebook post falsely claims Wetherspoons is offering a meal and drinks voucher to celebrate pubs fully reopening after lockdown. Read
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Video of ‘QR code’ detected in arm is not evidence of vaccine microchips
There are no microchips in Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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NHS Test and Trace has not spent as much as war in Afghanistan yet
A Facebook post wrongly claims UK involvement in Afghanistan cost 59% of NHS Test and Trace Read
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Chris Preddie wrong about Pfizer CEO not taking Covid vaccine
Chris Preddie OBE spreads falsehood about the Pfizer CEO refusing a Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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Screenshot of website about Covid-19 vaccine side effects is fake
A Facebook post includes a mock-up of the MHRA’s website with a list of Covid-19 vaccine side effects. Read
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Too early to say whether unvaccinated doctors or nurses will lose jobs
A Facebook post suggests that thousands of unvaccinated doctors and nurses will lose their jobs Read
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Did Sajid Javid open a ‘new hospital’ in Carlisle?
The new cancer centre is on the site of an old building at Carlisle Infirmary. Read
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Covid testing hasn't left 12 million on NHS waiting lists
The NHS waiting list delays are more complex than that, and testing happens in lots of different settings. Read
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Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
Speaker Vernon Coleman made a litany of misleading claims to an audience of hundreds in Trafalgar Square Read
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