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The number of deaths from flu and pneumonia is about what you would expect this year
Although there are fewer of these deaths than usual, the fall is neither unexpected, nor extreme
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A picture of the Titanic sinking is not a newly discovered photograph
It’s a painting from 1996, by an artist who worked on the film.
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It’s too early to say how many suicides have happened during the pandemic
A post on social media claims without evidence that suicide deaths have been higher than coronavirus deaths in the last two months.
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Baseless claims about vaccine safety go viral on Facebook
The post claims that the Covid-19 death rate is much lower than the estimated 0.5%-1% and makes baseless claims that a vaccine would kill more people than the virus.
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Martin Lewis and City of London Police have not warned about a scam involving banks and mobile networks
This claim has been circulating since at least March 2020.
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It’s misleading to compare the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and the death rate
Vaccines don’t just prevent death.
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This post does not show photo of a giant eagle in Scotland
The photo appears to have originally been taken in South Carolina.
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The number of people dying right now is not the same as in any other year
It was also claimed on talkRADIO that deaths from other respiratory diseases have simply been “replaced“ with Covid-19.
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The infection fatality rate for Covid-19 is higher than 0.1%
Toby Young missed that a study he was citing had already calculated an IFR for Covid.
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The figure for a dose of a potential Covid-19 vaccine covers the cost of delivering the treatment
GP practices are private companies that receive funding from a range of places.
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Ticketmaster won’t demand proof of a Covid-19 vaccine for concert entry
The company said decisions about entry requirements for events will be up to individual organisers
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No, contact tracing doesn’t cost £10,000 per contact
The claim made by Independent SAGE is based on the £12 billion cost of the test and trace programme, which is mostly testing, not tracing.
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