False picture of Gogglebox's Mary goes viral again
An image of a young model is not Mary from Gogglebox but glamour model Susan Shaw Read
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Did Eat Out to Help Out cause Covid to spread?
Debate over whether the government scheme caused a rise in infections continues. Read
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Test and Trace has much larger budget than Mars Perseverance expedition
We don’t yet have figures for the entire amount spent on Test and Trace, but it is already more than NASA has spent on its latest Mars mission. Read
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Tests can detect the Covid-19 virus
The false positive rate is not 100%, which would mean they gave a positive result, wrongly, every time. Read
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Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine will not change your DNA
This is a common myth about mRNA vaccines, which give instructions to cells, but do not change their DNA. Read
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Covid-19 is not a rebrand of flu
Although sometimes flu and Covid-19 have similar symptoms, they are different illnesses caused by different organisms. Read
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There is no evidence that people are dying from the Covid-19 vaccine
Some deaths and serious events have been recorded after vaccination, but none because of it so far Read
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Agenda 2030 conspiracy just describes UN sustainability goals
There is no evidence that Covid-19 is being used to usher in rules that will enslave humanity as part of Agenda 2030. Read
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Government advise special precautions for disposing of infectious PPE
In some places such as hospitals PPE is also disposed of as clinical waste. Read
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Nicola Sturgeon has not banned the Union Flag from Scottish government buildings
But she has instructed that the European flag be flown on a daily basis. Read
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