A video claiming to be from 1956 did not predict Covid-19
The video is modern and was made after the pandemic began. Read
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Old faked picture of Obama and Bin Laden surfaces again
The picture has been edited. Read
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Stanley Johnson did write a novel called ‘The Virus’
The Prime Minister’s father wrote the book in 1982. Read
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MPs haven’t given themselves a £3,300 pay rise
A Facebook post claims New Zealand MPs took a 20% pay cut during the pandemic while UK MPs gave themselves a pay rise. Read
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A tube sign expressing solidarity between London and Manchester is not a real sign
The sign states in the top left corner that it is fake. Read
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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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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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