Health
Independent SAGE’s estimated death rate is too high
It is wrong to suggest that the government has said it would be happy for the Covid-19 death rate to remain at this level. Read
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Leo Benedictus
Journalist
Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ assemblies and debunking superfoods. He has a fondness for science and statistics. He also writes novels.
Health
Covid-19 testing is not as fast as Matt Hancock claimed
Almost all the tests Matt Hancock described deliver results by the end of the next day—not within 24hrs Read
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Health
The UK has had one of Europe’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks
The UK is not the only European country with many Covid-19 deaths. Read
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Education
Boris Johnson overstates number of schools with returning students
Boris Johnson was wrong to say that 97% of primary schools which report data had kids coming back. The figure on the day he was speaking was 69%. Read
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Health
Two metres is a little better than one
New research shows that keeping your distance does protect against coronavirus Read
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Health
SAGE did not advise against reopening schools on 1 June
This was the opinion of the Independent SAGE, who are a different group of scientists. Read
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Health
Covid-19 may not be a “high consequence infectious disease”, but it is a real emergency
The new coronavirus can cause many thousands of deaths even though Covid-19 is no longer considered a “high consequence infectious disease”. Read
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Health
It is not clear that 19 million people have already had the new coronavirus
New findings that 19 million people in the UK have already had the new coronavirus are very uncertain. Read
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Health
No, Italy hasn’t recounted its coronavirus data and found that most died from other diseases
Official data shows that most people who died from Covid-19 had other conditions, not that these conditions were the real cause of their death. Read
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Health
Far more people have died of Covid-19 in the UK than in Japan
Far more people have died of Covid-19 in the UK than in Japan, but we don’t yet know why Read
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