Health
CDC has not said SARS-CoV-2 has never been isolated
This is a misunderstanding of a passage of a CDC document. 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
Casting call for ‘hospital patients’ was for NHS recruitment advert
Some have claimed a search for extras shows something fishy is going on. Read
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Health
Pre-eclampsia doesn’t only occur 26 to 32 weeks into pregnancy
This timing refers to the recruitment criteria for a particular study looking at pre-eclampsia. Read
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Health
Children should still follow Covid-19 rules after vaccination
An ‘easy read’ version of a Covid-19 vaccine consent form for children and young people was wrong to say you could ignore the rules when vaccinated. Read
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Do pregnant women get Covid-19 booster vaccines?
RCOG have advised that pregnant women receive the booster vaccine. Read
Analysis
Pfizer’s new trial drug is not ivermectin in disguise
They are very different compounds. Read
Fact checks
Quote about love does not appear to come from Frida Kahlo
A social media post shares a quote about love which is attributed to Frida Kahlo. Full Fact can’t find any evidence that she said this. Read
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Health
There are ways to identify the Delta variant
It is done through further analysis of positive PCR results. Read
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Health
Evidence so far does not show the Mu variant is ‘immune to vaccines’
The Covid-19 strain is currently designated a variant of interest and has a number of potentially concerning mutations. Read
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What do we know about the long-term effects of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
We don’t have long-term data on the use of the vaccines in pregnancy, but our knowledge is growing, and the evidence we do have so far is reassuring. Read
Analysis
