Penicillin allergies don’t rule out Pfizer vaccine
A post on social media claims that a penicillin allergy can cause a bad reaction to the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Read
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Fake letter from Cabinet Office spreads on social media
A letter falsely claiming to come from the Cabinet Office has been widely shared. Read
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Keir Starmer did want the UK to remain in the European Medicines Agency
He expressed this opinion on at least two occasions, in 2017. Read
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There’s no proof steam inhalation cures Covid-19
An Italian study saying it could be effective only had 10 participants. Read
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Pfizer vaccine effective, though not as effective as newspapers suggest
Just 0.04% of Israelis who received the Covid-19 vaccination later caught the disease, but this doesn’t mean the vaccine is 99.96% effective. Read
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HS2 will not cost Scotland £17 billion
In effect, all money spent by Scotland on HS2 is returned through the Barnett formula. Read
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53 people have not died in Gibraltar because of the Covid-19 vaccine
The territory has had 70 Covid-19 deaths overall and 6 have died since getting the vaccine. Read
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“Article 42” of Magna Carta only existed for a short time
It appeared in the original 1215 version of the document, but this was quickly overturned. Read
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Warnings over NHS coronavirus vaccine scam email
The scam attempts to take financial information from members of the public. Read
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Adolescents have been recruited for Covid-19 vaccine trials in the US
2,000 children aged between 12 and 15 have been recruited onto the trial, with parental consent. Read
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