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New figures on healthcare workers' suicides should be treated with caution
Most of the suicides registered in the first half of 2020 occurred in previous years. Read
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No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
Health will account for around 40% of the day-to-day spending that can be budgeted by departments, which itself only accounts for about half of government spending. Read
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An influencer muddled his maths on vaccines for children
The JCVI says that the Covid vaccines would probably do marginally more good than harm, even for healthy children. Read
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What do we know about the long-term effects of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
We don’t have long-term data on the use of the vaccines in pregnancy, but our knowledge is growing, and the evidence we do have so far is reassuring. Read
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Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A 2020 court case, known as Bell vs Tavistock, doesn’t mean it’s illegal to vaccinate teenagers without parental consent or a court order Read
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What we know about the Taliban and Covid-19
A Facebook post claims the Taliban took over Afghanistan with no vaccines, masks or mass deaths amongst their population. This seems unlikely from what we know about the country at large. Read
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WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”
This is a fake ad created as a joke. It gets the name of its own product wrong, for starters. Read
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9/11 video doesn’t prove plane didn’t hit South Tower
The post shows the moment Flight 175 struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Read
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HGV securing point rules aren’t changing
A Facebook post cites the defunct government agency VOSA. Read
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What the National Insurance rise means for the tax burden
It’s been claimed the NI rise will take the tax burden to the highest level “in history”, in peacetime, since 1948, since 1950 and since 1969. Read
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