Health
Fact checks about medical conditions, the NHS, social care and government funding of national health services
No evidence Covid-19 vaccine makes blood look different
A picture of two donations of blood claims they come from unvaccinated and vaccinated donors.
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Pfizer’s new trial drug is not ivermectin in disguise
They are very different compounds.
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Covid-19 vaccines passed animal trials
All four vaccines approved for use in the UK have passed animal trials.
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Vaccines do not raise your risk of catching Covid
The headline of a Daily Sceptic article misinterpreted the data in a PHE report— even though the report specifically warned against this.
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PCR tests have not been revoked by the FDA
The FDA recalled one brand of lateral flow tests earlier this year, but claims that PCR tests have been revoked by the agency are untrue.
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What do we know about the Covid-19 vaccines crossing the placenta?
The vaccines are recommended for pregnant women.
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Covid-19 is almost certainly killing more people than suicide
A Facebook post that suicide deaths are higher provides no evidence. And what evidence we have suggests the opposite.
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There are ways to identify the Delta variant
It is done through further analysis of positive PCR results.
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Can you have a shorter gap between Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
The official guidance says the main exception to the eight week interval minimum is those about to start immunosuppressant treatment.
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Newspapers report Covid hospitalisations over seven months as over seven days
In the seven months to 29 August, 9,472 people in England stayed in hospital overnight with a confirmed case of the Delta variant.
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