There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus. Claims that Jacob Rothschild owns the patent are untrue. Read
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The makers of Dettol did not know about the new Wuhan coronavirus before the rest of us
Coronavirus is a category of viruses which includes the common cold, as well as the new Wuhan coronavirus. Read
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This company is based in Shanghai, not Wuhan
Authorities have not yet traced the origin of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
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The Wuhan coronavirus has nothing to do with 5G
Lots of cities in China have 5G coverage, not just the city at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read
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The virus in this clinical study is not the coronavirus seen in China in 2019/2020
Facebook posts incorrectly claim a vaccine to the Wuhan coronavirus was trialled earlier this month. The study trialled a vaccine to MERS, a different type of coronavirus. Read
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A mistake did mean a town with a voting population of around 6,400 did have an election where 41,000 votes were counted
The error occurred due to block votes being counted for each individual rather than split between candidates. Read
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A patent for the coronavirus spreading in Wuhan was not applied for in 2015
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them. Read
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There were 25,260 excess winter deaths across all ages in Great Britain last year
The figure has also been higher in recent years. Read
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These claims about the 2019 Labour conference are incorrect
There is no evidence of these claims happening at the 2019 Labour conference. Read
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HS2 isn’t expected to cost as much as this post claims
The latest estimates have put the cost of HS2 at around £106 billion, which is lower than has been claimed recently online. Read
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