Health
Viral video contains several false pandemic claims
A woman reading out a newspaper makes several claims about the pandemic which are false or misleading. 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
Social media video makes false claims about Covid-19
These include common falsehoods that mRNA vaccines will change your DNA (they won’t) and that the vaccines aren’t safe and effective (they are). Read
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Crime
Police have recommended the Hollie Guard app
The personal security app allows users to alert contacts if they feel unsafe. Read
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Health
Unevidenced claims about the AstraZeneca vaccine on social media
A Facebook post made unevidenced claims about blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine. Read
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A weasel did take a ride on a woodpecker
A famous wildlife image has returned, and appears to be genuine. Read
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Health
The infectious diseases in an ONS graph are not the ones you might expect
The ICD 10 groups “infectious diseases” in a surprising way that includes sepsis, but not flu. Read
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Health
Extrapolating figures around long Covid in kids is not the way to go
The prevalence of long Covid in children is not yet fully known, and we need caution when we discuss the figures. Read
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Health
This text from a GP is real
Facebook users were concerned that a public health message sent by text from a GP surgery was not genuine. The GP practice has said it’s real. Read
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Covid-19 is not a rebrand of flu
Although sometimes flu and Covid-19 have similar symptoms, they are different illnesses caused by different organisms. Read
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Health
HPV testing kits are not smear tests
HPV testing kits are not the same as smear tests and lead to results that can detect or not detect HPV rather than analysing changes to cervical cells. Read
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