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13 January 2022 What was claimed Vaccines prevent transmission of the Delta variant of Covid-19 for only eight weeks. Our verdict It’s difficult to measure the effect of vaccines on transmission, but available evidence suggests it’s longer than eight weeks and boosters are likely to increase that …
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Health / Coronavirus 13 January 2022 What was claimed The latest data from the UKHSA appears to show Covid-19 vaccines do not prevent hospitalisation or death from the disease. Our verdict False. No vaccine is 100% effective, but the Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective against hospitalisation …
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Health / Coronavirus 10 January 2022 What was claimed Betty White died three days after she received her Covid booster vaccine. Our verdict There is no evidence of this. Her agent confirmed she died of natural causes and did not receive her booster three days before her death. Multiple Facebook …
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7 January 2022 The government has announced that asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow device (LFD) test will no longer need to have a confirmatory PCR test. It said that this is a “temporary measure” while rates of Covid-19 are high across the UK, and added that …
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Health / Coronavirus 5 January 2022 What was claimed People who haven’t had the Covid-19 vaccine are not dying. Our verdict Sadly they are. In the UK, hundreds of unvaccinated people died with Covid-19 in the last few weeks of 2021 alone. They are also more likely to die of Covid-19 than vaccinated …
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4 January 2022 What was claimed The overwhelming majority of people in hospital with Covid have not been vaccinated. Our verdict This is not supported by the latest evidence, which shows that 46% of admissions in England in the four weeks up to 19 December were unvaccinated people. We know that the …
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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 in fact, because the test is used incorrectly. A number of posts on Facebook …
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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 were not available. More recent data on ICU admissions, which …
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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 clinical outcomes. What was …
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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 least once account for around nine in 10 Covid-19 deaths. What was …
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