Daily Archives: October 14, 2021

Viral image doesn’t show an elephant fish

An image has been shared on social media of a small, bright yellow fish with a trunk-like nose. The picture is captioned “elephant fish”. There are recognised species of fish called elephant fish, or elephantnose fish. While both have impressive snouts, they look notably different from the image being shared on social media, which appears… Read More »

Covid-19 vaccines still don’t contain graphene oxide

A post on Instagram claims graphene oxide is in vaccines and can cause clotting and myocardial issues among other ailments. The suggestion is that this refers to the Covid-19 vaccines.  As we have written before, the Covid-19 vaccines currently in use do not contain graphene oxide. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency previously told… Read More »

Social media post appears to overstate risk of vaccine blood clots

A post on Facebook appears to compare reported Covid-19 vaccine side effects with mild symptoms of the virus itself. Although it doesn’t explicitly mention Covid-19 vaccination, the post seems to weigh up the pros and cons, claiming that “society” is “willingly choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms or no symptoms… Read More »

World leaders will not get Tesla cars at COP26

Posts have been shared on social media which claim that 20 Tesla cars have been bought to transport conference delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, also known as COP26. The posts state that as the hotel that the delegates will be staying in only has one Tesla compatible charging point (or… Read More »

How to Silence the Impostor Syndrome

Do you ever worry about being exposed as a “fraud?” You’re not alone. It’s actually quite common for people to feel like imposters. In fact, approximately 70 percent of people admit to having experienced impostor syndrome[1] at some point in their lives — a Twitter poll found that 87 percent of people have experienced this.[2]… Read More »

Fungi growing ‘out of’ dead possum’s hand is staged

A photo on Facebook claims to show “mushrooms growing from the hand of a dead raccoon”. According to the picture’s photographer, the photo is staged. Noah Siegel said on his Facebook page that the fungus pictured is Laccaria masoniae, which often grows around decaying animal corpses. He took the picture in New Zealand, and said… Read More »