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Rachael Krishna

Fact Checker (former)

Rachael joined Full Fact in April 2019, having previously worked as a reporter for BuzzFeed News. She worked with the fact-checking team, and has experience and interest in online misinformation and social media.

23 December 2020

2020, the year QAnon aligned with the UK’s fears

By Rachael Krishna • 12 mins

Conspiracies that have come to define QAnon in 2020, such as distrust of authority and vaccine scepticism, have always been a big part of UK conspiracy culture. Read

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17 December 2020

Health

A post about coronavirus vaccines gets facts about their safety, ingredients, and legality wrong

By Rachael Krishna • 3 mins

Many of the claims in this post are common myths about the vaccine. Read

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30 November 2020

Health

This is a real letter from an NHS trust that dealt with no Covid-19 deaths

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

The trust provides community, mental health, and disability services. Read

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25 November 2020

Health

GPs and other frontline medical workers will be among the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

The government has published plans on who will be vaccinated first. Read

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23 November 2020

Health

This picture of a vaccine vial from March 2020 is real

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

The Oxford vaccine has been in development since January 2020. Read

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20 November 2020

Martin Lewis and City of London Police have not warned about a scam involving banks and mobile networks

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

This claim has been circulating since at least March 2020. Read

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20 November 2020

Health

It’s misleading to compare the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and the death rate

By Rachael Krishna • 3 mins

Vaccines don’t just prevent death. Read

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20 November 2020

This post does not show photo of a giant eagle in Scotland

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

The photo appears to have originally been taken in South Carolina. Read

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18 November 2020

Health

The infection fatality rate for Covid-19 is higher than 0.1%

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

Toby Young missed that a study he was citing had already calculated an IFR for Covid. Read

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17 November 2020

Health

The figure for a dose of a potential Covid-19 vaccine covers the cost of delivering the treatment

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

GP practices are private companies that receive funding from a range of places. Read

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