Health
No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine affects women’s fertility
The vaccine causes an immune response to a spike protein, but this almost certainly won’t make the body attack the placenta. Read
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Health
The new vaccination card is not a ‘Covid passport’
It is a vaccine record card with appointment details, but no secure identifying information Read
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Health
Vaccine approval isn’t quicker because of Brexit
The MHRA could have given the Pfizer vaccine the same emergency approval when the UK was in the EU. Read
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Health
Telegraph wrong on Whitty and Vallance statements
Allison Pearson claimed Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance cherry-picked rising hospital bed occupancy figures in the coronavirus briefing last week. They didn’t. Read
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Mersey Care has only had five Covid-19 deaths because it is not an acute trust
This is the second time we’ve seen FOI requests on Covid-19 deaths sent to trusts who are unlikely to deal with seriously ill coronavirus patients. Read
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Covid-19 is an infectious disease, and a video claiming it isn’t is wrong
The woman in this video is wrong to blame radiation—and wrong about other things as well Read
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The Pfizer Covid-19 candidate vaccine is not too cold to be called a vaccine
The Ebola vaccine had to be stored at temperatures this low too. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is the UK's trade deal with Japan better than the EU's?
We don’t know how much better the UK-Japan trade deal is compared to the EU-Japan deal, but it isn’t expected to be worse. Read
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RNA Covid-19 vaccines will not change your DNA
Several candidate vaccines use this technology. Read
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Health
This is a real letter from an NHS trust that dealt with no Covid-19 deaths
The trust provides community, mental health, and disability services. Read
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