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4 January 2022 What was claimed Tap water can return a positive lateral flow test result for Covid-19. Our verdict Putting tap water on a lateral flow test will break it. Claims that water has tested positive have no basis
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23 December 2021 We’ve seen several reports over the past month claiming “almost all” Covid-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are unvaccinated. While this used to be true, some of these claims were made when up to date figures
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21 December 2021 What was claimed Myocarditis acquired after a Covid-19 vaccination is more dangerous than that acquired after a Covid infection. Our verdict Evidence actually shows you’re at greater risk of myocarditis after Covid-19 infection and may experience worse
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16 December 2021 What was claimed In Scotland, the fully vaccinated account for nine in every 10 Covid-19 deaths over the past four months. Our verdict Broadly correct. It’s more like eight in 10. People who have been vaccinated at
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Health / Coronavirus 16 December 2021 What was claimed An actor was hired to pretend that she had been hospitalised with Covid-19. Our verdict The person in the video was part of a training exercise in a German hospital. It
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8 December 2021 What was claimed Vaccinated people over 30 have higher rates of Covid-19 infection than unvaccinated ones. Our verdict This claim is based on very unreliable estimates of the case rate among unvaccinated people. The opposite may well
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8 December 2021 What was claimed 90% of people in hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated. Our verdict This is not correct. The true figure is more like 36%. However there are signs that unvaccinated people are the majority in intensive
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8 December 2021 What was claimed The Pfizer vaccine has a one in 17 mortality rate. Our verdict False. This figure is the proportion of adverse event cases reported after vaccination with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine which ended in death
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Health / Coronavirus 6 December 2021 What was claimed Photos of Boris Johnson receiving his Covid-19 booster vaccine do not show him being vaccinated. Our verdict Mr Johnson was vaccinated, as can be seen in a video tweeted by the
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3 December 2021 What was claimed The survival rate of Covid-19 without vaccination is 99.8%. Our verdict While recent data shows the UK death rate from Covid-19 is 0.2%, this was reported after those most vulnerable to Covid-19 had been
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