Health
We don’t know whether teachers are more likely to catch Covid
Claims that infections among teachers are up to 333% above the average use incomparable datasets 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
There are excess deaths in England and these PHE reports don’t prove otherwise
Reporting lags over Christmas distorted Public Health England’s estimates, which have since been updated. Read
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Health
Flawed comparisons between test and trace systems go viral
Claims suggesting the system in England costs vastly more than those in Wales and Ireland uses incomparable figures. Read
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Health
More people are dying than usual at the moment
Dr John Lee claimed on talkRADIO that the number of deaths is below the long-term average, but this isn’t true. Read
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The needles in some syringes are supposed to ‘disappear’
Some syringes have a spring which retracts the needle once the dose is administered. Read
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Health
PPE: What actually happened during the first wave?
FOI data from NHS trusts reveals the central supply chain used data that didn’t always show the picture on the ground when sending out PPE stock. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
How to check claims about tariffs and trade
Knowing which tariffs to pay and what rules to follow is vital for businesses. Misinformation about tariff rates can be used to mislead the public. Here’s how to understand what’s going on. Read
Analysis
Health
Putting outsourced contact tracing spend in context
Spend on contact tracing is a small part of Test and Trace. As of October, roughly the same amount had been spent on national and local authority tracing efforts. Read
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Cambridge Covid-19 test results don’t mean PCR tests are inaccurate
A higher ratio of false positives to true positives are expected when viral prevalence in the community drops. Read
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Health
False claims about first vaccine recipients spread on social media
Posts claim that CNN used a picture of one of the first vaccine recipients back in October. They did not. Read
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