Health
Matt Hancock got the evidence about long Covid wrong
Younger people and those with milder illness seem less likely to be affected, according to data from the Covid Symptom Study app Read
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From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Facebook post about falling flu and pneumonia deaths is wrong
The widely shared Facebook post contains a number of inaccuracies about mortality rates. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How poverty rates are cherry-picked to score political points
There are so many ways to measure poverty that it is hard to know what’s really going on—as MPs proved on Wednesday. Read
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MPs can only claim £25 a day for food if they stay overnight outside London or their constituency
A viral post on Twitter claimed they can claim this every day and that it amounts to over £800,000. It doesn’t. Read
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Health
PTFE in masks does not pose a health risk, unless you get it very hot
PTFE heated to high temperatures can cause sickness, but this is rare, and unlikely to be caused by normal mask-wearing. Read
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The inventor of PCR never said it wasn’t designed to detect infectious diseases
Rumours about the inventor of the process of PCR, which is used to test whether someone currently has Covid-19, have been spreading on social media. Read
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Dominic Raab did not say Covid-19 tests have a 93% false positive rate
Mr Raab was referring to a PHE report on testing at airports and seems to have misspoken when he mentioned false positives. Read
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This post telling healthy people to stop getting tested is full of inaccuracies
The post cites inaccurate claims about how testing and virus levels are measured. Read
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This video makes a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 pandemic
We have seen similar claims before about Pirbright, Serco, and the Test and Trace system. Read
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Health
Labour’s tweet about Serco is missing some important context
Public and private contact tracers do different kinds of work, so it is difficult to compare their performance. Read
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