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.

9 June 2021

Health

There’s no evidence Covid-19 vaccines make the disease worse

By Daniella de Block Golding • 4 mins

Experts say animal studies, clinical trials, and increasing real world data add to evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are not causing antibody dependent enhancement. Read

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28 May 2021

Health

The Covid-19 vaccines have not only been tested on healthy people as claimed

By Daniella de Block Golding • 5 mins

A video on Facebook makes various claims about Covid-19 vaccines which are wrong or could use more context. Read

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25 May 2021

Health

The Moderna vaccine contains SM-102 not chloroform

By Daniella de Block Golding • 3 mins

A widely circulated video of a product safety leaflet for SM-102, shows the profile of SM-102 in solution with chloroform, which is known for its toxicity. Read

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21 May 2021

Health

Dandelion root is not a proven cancer cure

By Daniella de Block Golding • 3 mins

It has been shown to have some effect in lab studies, and in mice, but evidence in humans is lacking. Read

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19 May 2021

Health

The so-called ‘Indian variants’ have been found in lots of countries

By Daniella de Block Golding • 2 mins

The UK has sequenced high numbers of cases, but sequencing has shown that the variant is present in lots of other countries too. Read

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18 May 2021

Health

Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 3,362 deaths in America

By Daniella de Block Golding • 3 mins

Events reported to the VAERS system in the US weren’t necessarily caused by the vaccine. Read

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13 May 2021

Health

A mistake in the New York Post has been misconstrued as a sign of Covid-19 conspiracy

By Daniella de Block Golding • 2 mins

The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in India in 2020, not the Covid-19 crisis in 2021. But this seems to be a simple mistake, which has since been corrected. Read

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12 May 2021

Health

Honey, ginger and pepper isn’t approved treatment for Covid-19

By Daniella de Block Golding • 2 mins

This home remedy has not been approved by the World Health Organisation. The WhatsApp message it’s been widely shared through is very similar to Facebook posts which have already been debunked. Read

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11 May 2021

Health

Conflicting claims about ‘new’ cancer drug thanks to Brexit are both misleading

By Daniella de Block Golding • 3 mins

The medication has been authorised for a new and slightly different use, but the medication itself is not new. Read

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10 May 2021

Health

Viral video includes lots of false claims and half truths

By Tom Norton and Daniella de Block Golding • 7 mins

These include claims that there is a blanket approach to DNACPRs on elderly and disabled people, that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental and genocidal, and that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Read

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