Health
Govt advice differs for travel to some amber list islands
The FCDO advises against non-essential travel to amber list countries, but makes exemptions for some islands of these countries 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.
Poster about Yellow Card scheme is not real
The MHRA has confirmed that a poster spreading on social media which makes claims about vaccine approvals does not come from them. Read
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Education
Telegraph columnist wrongly claims literacy at the lowest level in UK history
A Telegraph article was wrong to say literacy was at its lowest level in history, and that every international league table puts the UK near bottom for literacy and numeracy. Neither is true. Read
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No evidence Nobel Laureate said vaccinated people will die in two years
Luc Montagnier has expressed opposition to Covid-19 vaccines. Read
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The risk of dying from a Covid vaccine is lower than 1 in 31,000
While children have a very low risk of dying from Covid, the reported death rate of 1 in 3.5 million is not quite right. Read
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Trade data doesn’t show we knew about Covid in 2018
Diagnostic tests were relabelled as Covid-19 diagnostic tests in some trade data, which then appeared to show Covid tests being exported in 2018. Read
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Fake missing child reports used to scam Facebook users
Reports of a missing child called Ellie Morrad are fake. Fake missing child reports are a common occurrence on Facebook. Read
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You don’t usually need photo ID to pick up a parcel
This was suggested by the Prime Minister’s spokesperson and Gillian Keegan MP in defence of plans to require voters to have photo ID. Read
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The BBC didn’t edit the headline of a Scottish newspaper
The headline of an article about the Scottish election results was changed by the newspaper. Read
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How the BBC makes money
It’s not just funded by the licence fee or public money as the Sun suggested. Around 30% is from commercial operations. Read
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