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Social media posts falsely claim that a woman arrested during the Clapham vigil is the same woman who was injured in the Parsons Green Tube attack. Read
Crime
People are strongly against violence or serious disruption at protests, but opinion is more balanced when the inconvenience is smaller. Read
Health
The prevalence of long Covid in children is not yet fully known, and we need caution when we discuss the figures. Read
Health
Facebook users were concerned that a public health message sent by text from a GP surgery was not genuine. The GP practice has said it’s real. Read
Last year, Full Fact co-hosted a virtual conference, Addressing Health Misinformation: Lessons from 2020, to discuss common misinformation challenges and best practice Read
Health
Parliament made a commitment to raise the total NHS budget, but did not specify how that money should be spent. Read
Health
Labour claims that the Budget took £30bn out of day to day health spending, this is true if you include the withdrawal of last year’s Covid money. Read
A post on social media uses the total two-year Test and Trace budget to make misleading claims about where the money is going. Read
There’s been some confusion over whether pupils can return to school after a positive lateral flow test but a negative PCR result. Read
Health
Most of the money spent on Test and Trace goes on testing. Serco plays a big part in tracing, but does not receive a majority of the funding. Read
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