Health
Vaccine rap battle full of misinformation
A video on Facebook shares several common types of harmful misinformation about Covid-19 and the vaccines. Read
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Environment
Bill Gates’ £400m claim about green investment was wrong
The entrepreneur said both his organisation and the UK government were contributing £400 million each to a new fund. Read
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Health
Viral tweet overstates UK’s lead in Covid-19 cases
There are things to take into account when you see UK data compared with other countries. Read
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Health
Concerns about animal welfare are just one reason Sainsbury’s stopped selling fireworks
A spokesperson for the supermarket giant told us it hadn’t sold fireworks since 2019. Read
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NHSX website doesn’t reveal vaccine passport roll out
The government confirmed that proving vaccination status continues to be an option, rather than a definite plan for December. Read
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NASA didn’t paste a picture of the Earth into photos from the moon
An Instagram video makes a number of bizarre claims about NASA manipulating footage from space and its Apollo programme. Read
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Environment
Nigel Farage understates renewable energy generation
Nigel Farage claimed renewables produced just 2-3% of the country’s electricity for three weeks in September. But it was 10%-19% each day and has since increased. Read
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No evidence Tesco is sacking 4,300 workers
A Facebook post claims 4,300 Tesco workers are getting sacked and this is why you shouldn’t use self checkout machines. Read
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Health
The Joe Rogan podcast misused English Covid-19 data
A guest misused a PHE report, which does not show that vaccinated people are more likely to catch the disease Read
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Health
The Covid-19 virus has been isolated many times in Spain—and elsewhere
The fact that the Spanish Ministry of Health doesn’t have its own viral cultures doesn’t mean it thinks they don’t exist. Read
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