A graph spreading on Facebook gets it wrong on flu vs Covid deaths
Flu is not the underlying cause of deaths in more people than Covid-19. 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.
Children in Need is not donating £10 million to Black Lives Matter
The BBC charity is matching Stormzy’s £10m pledge to causes tackling racial inequality in the UK. Read
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A retracted paper linking 5G and coronavirus with no evidence is doing the rounds on Facebook
The paper, which was retracted days after it was published, did not prove any link between 5G and coronaviruses. Read
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Ukrainian soldiers have not died after having an American Covid-19 vaccine
Six members of the Ukrainian military have died of Covid-19 so far, but that wasn’t anything to do with a vaccine. Read
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Claims that Warburtons now gets its wheat from the USA are wrong
The company changed suppliers but it will continue to get some of its wheat from the UK and some from Canada. Read
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Viral Facebook post on cost of “binned” test and trace app is wrong
The app hasn’t been binned, although the government did change direction with their original app to instead use the Google/Apple system. Read
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Viral Facebook post compares the national living wage with the state pension
The post uses an average figure for the poorest pensioners and compares that to the minimum wage for people over 25. Read
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Claims that a 2011 lightning composite picture were taken in the Lake District are false
A photo went viral after a Facebook user claimed it was taken in Calbeck, but they later said that was a joke. Read
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Can children be detained without their parents’ consent if the authorities think they have coronavirus?
The government has said a parent, carer or legal guardian must be present for a Covid-19 screening to take place on a child under the Coronavirus Act, but the law itself doesn’t say this. Read
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Facebook post on lockdown rule changes are right for certain parts of England
As of 31 July, the lockdown rules changed for people in Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Read
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