Daily Archives: July 2, 2021
What Is the Best Time to Take Your Vitamins?
While some people choose to take their vitamins after waking up, others may take them at various points later during the day or with meals. If you have been taking vitamins for a while or are looking to start taking them, you may be wondering what the best time of day is to do so.… Read More »
Pouring diluted cordial onto a Covid-19 test won’t give an accurate result
A widely shared post on Facebook claims that lateral flow tests are “a big farce” because pouring some diluted cordial onto one appeared to give a positive Covid-19 result. The poster also claims this means they would falsely test positive after drinking. As we have written many times before, the acidity in some foods and… Read More »
Was Michael Gove right about court ruling over bias in contracts?
“The High Court has found that you broke the law last week in your department’s awarding of a £500,000 contract to Public First, which was run by your friend and former special adviser James Frayne. That’s a breach of the ministerial code […]” Kay Burley, 15 June 2021. “Well the first thing to say is… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Enclothed cognition
Vaccinated people sometimes die of Covid-19—but very rarely
A widely shared post on social media claims that Public Health England (PHE) has released a report revealing that two thirds of Covid-19 deaths are people who have been vaccinated. This is missing important context. The risk of death with Covid is very much smaller after vaccination, but it is not zero, and the vaccine… Read More »