Health
New York Post’s use of old India gas leak picture causes confusion
The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in 2020, not Covid-19 in 2021. Read
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Daniella de Block Golding
Health Fellow (former)
Daniella joined Full Fact in February 2021 and was our Health Fellow. She is a medical doctor and prior to joining Full Fact was working in hospital and GP settings. She was a 2018/19 Churchill Fellow and has undertaken research in lived experiences of HIV, and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) roll out. She has a particular interest in community medicine, sexual health and communication in healthcare.
Health
The term ‘double mutants’ doesn’t mean much
This term has been used a lot in reference to the so-called ‘Indian variant’ of Covid-19 which has multiple mutations, and so do many of the other variants. Read
Analysis
Health
Telegraph headline linking depression and social media isn't backed up by article
A Telegraph article with a headline about teenage depression doubling due to social media did not get this information from the study it cites. Read
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Donkey being carried out of compassion, not self-preservation
The donkey in a widely shared image was carried by soldiers because it was too weak to keep up, not in order to stop it from detonating landmines. Read
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Images of decorated room are not the Downing Street refurbishment
It is a picture taken from previous work of interior designer and co-founder of Soane Britain, Lulu Lytle. Read
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Health
What are lateral flow tests, and why do the numbers of false positives keep changing?
Lateral flow tests have been used for a little while now. Here we talk about how accurate they are, and why so many different numbers on false positives are being discussed. Read
Analysis
Health
Results of Covid-19 vaccine trials have been published and peer-reviewed
The studies have a future completion date to allow long term follow up of participants. That doesn’t mean that the data we have so far is invalid. Read
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Health
We don’t know if the ‘Nigerian variant’ is more deadly
Although current data demonstrates a higher mortality rate for this Covid-19 variant, this is based on small numbers. Read
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Health
Ivermectin for Covid-19 remains controversial
Ivermectin has been publicised as a potential wonder drug for Covid-19. Research so far has been promising, but is not deemed conclusive by regulators. Read
Analysis
Health
What’s a PCR test cycle threshold and why it matters
It’s been falsely claimed the WHO said PCR tests are flawed. It said “weak positive” cases with high “cycle thresholds” may need to be retested. Read
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