Fact Checker (former)
The post claims that the Covid-19 death rate is much lower than the estimated 0.5%-1% and makes baseless claims that a vaccine would kill more people than the virus. Read
Health
The claim made by Independent SAGE is based on the £12 billion cost of the test and trace programme, which is mostly testing not tracing. Read
Health
New trial results show rapid lateral flow tests return very few false positives but a considerable number of false negatives. Read
Health
Ruth Jones claimed the contact tracing system in England costs £1,700 per person. This was based on a calculation which was out by a factor of ten. Read
Europe
The Daily Mirror claimed a new poll shows that 62% think Britain was wrong to leave the EU. Read
A post on Facebook compares the death toll this year in England in Wales with the UK death toll in previous years to incorrectly suggest we are on course for a normal yearly death toll. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK already imports soy sauce from Japan tariff-free under the EU-Japan deal. Read
Health
Even when excluding final year students fast tracked into hospital roles due to the pandemic, the number of doctors has risen. Read
A viral Facebook post claims that the flu killed 64,000 people in 2018. This is incorrect. 64,000 people died in January 2018 in England and Wales of all causes. Read
NASA says it is so small it would burn up in the atmosphere. Read
