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COVID-19 vaccines and microchip devices
10 December 2020
Back in June 2020, Kanye West revealed that he had contracted coronavirus in February. He expressed reservations about possible vaccines, encompassing many frequently shared claims:

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The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: What is it and how has it been developed so quickly?
2 December 2020
The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK from the week commencing 6 December 2020. This means that the UK has

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Is COVID-19 being put fraudulently on death certificates?
1 December 2020
This claim is inaccurate. While it is true that not everyone who was suspected of dying from COVID-19 was positively tested, it is legal and

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Are death rates no higher this year than in a bad flu season?
1 December 2020
This claim is not substantiated. The imprecision of “death rates” and “a bad flu season” makes it difficult to prove or disprove. However, the overall

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Was COVID-19 downgraded from being a high-consequence infectious disease?
1 December 2020
COVID-19 was downgraded by the UK Government on 19 March 2020 because it was deemed to be better understood, testing was available, and clinical awareness

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Overcoming closed borders: opening up fact-checking solutions
24 November 2020
Interview with Giovanni ZAGNI (Director, Pagella Politica) by Allan LEONARD (24 November 2020) “I haven’t seen some of my colleagues in six months,” remarked Giovanni

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Is there a greater chance of dying by being hit by a bus than by COVID-19?
12 November 2020
This claim is not accurate. The probability of a randomly selected resident of Great Britain dying from January to October 2020, with COVID-19 mentioned on

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Is the PSNI rolling out a Snapchat scheme to monitor social mitigation compliance?
5 November 2020
The PSNI have no plans to introduce any monitoring scheme on any social media platform. Complaints about social mitigation compliance can be registered on the

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Are Northern Ireland retailers covering up non-essential items from sale?
3 November 2020
At the time of writing, Wales is the only part of the UK that has restricted the sale of non-essential items in supermarkets. There is

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Can face masks cause harmful levels of reduced oxygen?
28 October 2020
This claim is not accurate. Face masks have no impact on oxygen levels. On social media, a posting repeats a claim that wearing a face

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The accuracy of COVID-19 death statistics
21 October 2020
In summary: Three sets of figures regarding numbers of deaths attributed to COVID-19 are collated which crucially vary in their timeliness.  We now know that

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What is group screening for COVID-19?
20 October 2020
Summary: Group screening takes samples from multiple people, mixes them together, and tests them as one. People within a group that test positive are individually