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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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.
Are senior civil servants really as privileged as they were 50 years ago?
The proportion of senior civil servants classed as being from a lower socioeconomic band has remained about the same, but the size of that band overall has shrunk considerably. Read
Analysis
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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Environment
Animal sentience in UK law
Animal welfare laws in the UK already acknowledge that animals can feel pain and suffer, but it has not been spelled out explicitly that they are sentient as in EU law. Read
Analysis
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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Health
Sun wrong to claim lockdown doubled suicide rates
Evidence suggests suicides did not increase after the first lockdown. Read
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