No, ‘woke’ culture war isn’t the biggest dividing line in Britain
It came seventh when people were asked about it in a recent survey. Read
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Abbas Panjwani
Fact Checker (former)
Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Health
Why school testing data doesn’t tell the whole story
Data is based on tests reported and so excludes the many tests taken but not reported. Read
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Health
Telegraph suggests 9% of England dies each year
The article confuses an annual death rate with a monthly death rate. Read
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Government modelling not proof of vaccine ‘genocide’
Estimates that most people who will die of Covid this summer will be vaccinated reflects the high rate of vaccination, not any harm of vaccines. Read
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Health
Herald suggests Scotland’s 2006 smoking ban behind drop in heart attacks since 1990
An article in The Herald misleadingly suggested the 2006 Scottish smoking ban was behind a 74% drop in heart attacks since 1990. Read
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‘My First Vape’ toy is not real
The mocked up packaging was produced by a Twitter account previously behind a children’s ‘Happy Hour Playset’. Read
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You can’t tell how a banana was ripened by looking at it
Claims that naturally ripened bananas look different from chemically ripened bananas are false. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
April’s trade figures fact checked
Covid-19 and Brexit mean trade volumes are incredibly volatile at the moment. We take a look at some of the claims about the latest data. Read
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97% of PCR positives aren’t false
A clip of a woman calling a Bristol hospital claiming most of its “positive” cases are false has been shared on social media. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s record on unemployment
Labour has led the UK government on six occasions. Unemployment rose during five of those. Read
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