Argos isn’t selling microwaves for £1.78
A Facebook post falsely claims Argos is selling microwaves for £1.78 after it broke a contract with Samsung. Read
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The Covid-19 vaccines don’t have ‘negative efficacy’
Data from the UKHSA vaccine surveillance report cannot be used to estimate effectiveness correctly—as the report itself makes clear many times. Read
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Dialling 55 during 999 call won’t automatically send police to your location
A Facebook post incorrectly claims that dialling 55 when on a 999 call will automatically send the police to where you are without you having to speak. Read
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Cheetahs race greyhounds, sometimes
While some cheetahs have not performed when raced against greyhounds, there’s no evidence this is because they consider themselves better than greyhounds. Read
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NASA hasn’t ‘just’ hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
The space agency funded a study programme for 24 theologians which ended in 2017. Read
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A Covid-19 patient on BBC News is not a ‘crisis actor’
He was genuinely ill at the time of the interview, and later added the words “crisis actor” to his Instagram profile as a joke. Read
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A video of several fans making a paper plane fly is CGI
The video appears on Facebook with the caption “when physicists get bored”. Read
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Health
Lemonade and Fanta don’t test positive for Covid-19
Testing lateral flows with random things produces an invalid result. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Express overstates Brexit trade deal value, again
The Express claimed that post-Brexit, the UK has struck new free trade deals with 70 countries worth over £760bn. This is the total value of trade with these countries, not the value of trade deals. Read
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Health
The CDC has not ‘dropped’ all PCR tests
One type of PCR test has been ‘dropped’ in favour of others that are more efficient and can be processed more quickly. Read
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