Education
We don’t know how many children aren’t on school rolls
The Children’s Commissioner for England recently claimed that 80,000 to 100,000 children weren’t on any school roll. Read
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Sarah Turnnidge
Fact Checker (former)
Sarah previously worked for HuffPost UK, and before that worked in local newsrooms including the Bristol Post, the Essex Echo and the Thurrock Independent.
Health
Facebook video on unvaccinated people makes incorrect claims about DNA
The clip claims that Covid-19 vaccines can alter a person’s DNA. Read
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Health
NHS poster about Bell’s palsy and vaccines is fake
A fake poster warning about vaccines “causing” Bell’s palsy has been shared online. Read
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Fake government guidance is wrong about face masks and equality laws
A post on Instagram misquotes sections of the Equality Act. Read
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Health
Pfizer’s CEO has had Covid-19 vaccine
A video of Albert Bourla saying he hasn’t been vaccinated for Covid-19 yet is from December 2020. Read
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Health
Estimates of 650,000 annual flu deaths can’t be compared to Covid-19 deaths
The WHO estimated in 2017 that there are 290,000 to 650,000 flu-related deaths each year. Read
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Health
No evidence Australian child ‘Lachlan Leary’ died from vaccine
A Facebook comment about the seven-year-old boy has been shared thousands of times online. Read
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Health
Boris Johnson’s PPE figures don’t tell the whole story
The Prime Minister claimed during PMQs that the UK is now capable of producing 80% of its own PPE. Read
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Health
The Nuremberg Code doesn’t state that mask mandates are a war crime
The Code, which was created in response to human experimentation in Nazi concentration camps, does not mention masks. Read
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NASA hasn’t ‘just’ hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
The space agency funded a study programme for 24 theologians which ended in 2017. Read
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