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Health
We reveal how one confusing table about “case rates” has been shared globally and ended up in the hands of Jair Bolsonaro, who linked the Covid-19 vaccines with AIDS. Read
Health
UKHSA explains that this is because a larger proportion of the population are vaccinated than unvaccinated. Read
An article by The Exposé makes a misleading link between official statistics on child deaths and Covid-19 vaccines. Read
A photo of what looks like a colourful drone display depicting a skull wearing a sombrero for the Mexican Day of the Dead isn’t real. Read
Health
The UKHSA explained these figures are to be expected, because a larger proportion of the population are vaccinated than unvaccinated. Read
BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt claimed a vote on whether to suspend Owen Paterson for breaches of the MPs Code of Conduct was a ‘free vote’. It wasn’t. It was subject to a three-line whip. Read
Europe
Claims the French PM wrote to the EU President asking the EU to punish the UK for Brexit have been controversial. We look at what his letter actually said. Read
Health
293 Covid-19 deaths were reported on 2 November, in part because a technical issue meant death recording was delayed over the weekend. Read
Europe
A picture of a chicken from Morrisons has gone viral for packaging stating the salt and pepper used are “non-EU”. Morrisons says this is to comply with legal requirements, not to “make a geopolitical Read
The National AIDS Trust said some posts claiming victims of needle spiking had tested positive for HIV were “demonstrably false”. Read
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