Oranges don’t test positive for Covid-19
A post on Facebook claims an orange tested positive for coronavirus using a lateral flow test. Read
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Unevidenced claims about the AstraZeneca vaccine on social media
A Facebook post made unevidenced claims about blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine. Read
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Here’s exactly what Nadine Dorries said on Woman’s Hour about nurses’ salaries
The health minister spoke about nurses’ husbands and partners in a discussion about pay rises, but not exactly as reported in a viral tweet. Read
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AstraZeneca does not translate to ‘weapon that kills’
The Covid-19 vaccine developer got its name from a merger of two companies. Read
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What’s the deal with NHS pay rises?
The 0.7% funding is on top of the proposed 1% NHS pay increase, but it will only benefit a minority of staff. Read
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Covid-19 vaccine exports and the UK
Companies in these countries have fulfilled contracts to export the vaccines to countries like the UK. Read
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The infectious diseases in an ONS graph are not the ones you might expect
The ICD 10 groups “infectious diseases” in a surprising way that includes sepsis, but not flu. Read
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Germany has spent far more than £48m on test and trace
The UK has not spent £32 billion on Test and Trace so far, and Germany has spent much more than £48 million. Read
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17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Seventeen countries in Europe have temporarily stopped using the Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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Extrapolating figures around long Covid in kids is not the way to go
The prevalence of long Covid in children is not yet fully known, and we need caution when we discuss the figures. Read
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