Argos £3 AirPod Max deal is fake
A Facebook post claims the deal is related to Argos being fined for not paying tax, which is also not true. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Health
False claim persists that flu vaccine caused strep A in mice
It’s based on a misreading of a paper that found a different bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of vaccinated mice. Read
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Health
Insufficient evidence fenbendazole cures cancer says Cancer Research UK
Although studies have been done in cancer cells in the lab, and in mice, there isn’t sufficient evidence that it can cure cancer in humans. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
MP wrong to claim UK offers 52 weeks maternity pay
It’s statutory maternity leave that can be a year long, but statutory maternity pay only covers 39 weeks. Read
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Image of dog ‘hit by truck’ in Worthing was taken in 2018
Image of dog ‘hit by truck’ in Worthing was taken in 2018 Read
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A 7pm sunset in the UK is more than 39 days away
The sun will set after 7pm when the clocks go forward on 26 March. Read
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Health
Andrew Bridgen wrong to call mRNA vaccines gene therapy
Gene therapy has a specific definition which does not include the mRNA vaccines. Read
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Health
Nothing has been ‘added’ to the children’s flu vaccine to cause strep A
A Facebook post claims something’s been added to the nasal flu mist to make children sick. This is false. Read
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UN soldiers are not forcing the unvaccinated into camps
The claim is being made on Facebook but there is no evidence it is happening. Read
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Health
Covid death rates were not a ‘lie’
While different measures of death rates have their own strengths and limitations, they all broadly concur that, in the UK, sadly, around 200,000 people have died of Covid-19. Read
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