The Genocide Act of 1969 has not just been repealed
The act was repealed in 2001, but replaced by another law making genocide illegal. 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.
1,102 people haven’t died ‘of’ the Covid-19 vaccine
This is how many people have died a short period after getting vaccinated. Read
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There’s no evidence that eating cucumbers stops lung cancer
A Facebook post misreported some scientific papers on mice, lung cancer and a chemical in cucumbers. Read
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The PM’s brother did not join Dyson days after tax texts
Jo Johnson joined Dyson’s university, not the company, in February, but the texts were sent in March. Read
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Covid-19 child vaccine trial paused over clot concerns, not cot death
The study was giving the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged between six and 17, not infants. Read
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Health
There’s more to the claim only 32 vaccinated people were hospitalised with Covid-19
A report in the Telegraph claimed there was only one vaccinated case per 2,300 patients. That’s highly misleading. Read
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The government hasn’t said the vaccine will cause a third wave of deaths
Covid-19 vaccines aren’t 100% efficient, but experts aren’t predicting they will cause mass hospitalisations. Read
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Health
What’s going on with the AstraZeneca vaccine?
The risks, what the government has said, and what’s happening for under-30s. Read
Analysis
Rusty hand sanitiser stand doesn’t prove hand gel is poison
The stand probably rusted from exposure to water in the gel. Read
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Everything you need to know about the Home Office’s ‘eyebrow’ spending
Clue: it wasn’t really on eyebrows, it was on PPE. Read
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