Daily Archives: November 22, 2021

QR scanners in Sainsbury’s are not for vaccine passes

A video shared widely on Twitter and Facebook shows a member of the public filming inside Sainsbury’s, claiming that new gates installed in the store’s entrance are for Covid-19 vaccine passports.  This is not true. The video is from a shop in Holborn, London, where the supermarket giant has set up its first ever checkout-free… Read More »

Test and Trace money didn’t all go to one company

A tweet shared almost 5,000 times and cross-posted on Facebook seems to raise questions about Test and Trace, asking why a £22 billion contract was given to a company which has been prosecuted twice for fraud by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The question is accompanied by a picture of Baroness Dido Harding, who ran… Read More »

Former MEP wrongly uses UK Covid-19 data

A video posted on Facebook by former UKIP and independent MEP Godfrey Bloom claims vaccines are ineffective based on data looking at the proportion of cases of Covid-19 among vaccinated and unvaccinated adults.  The video’s narrator says infection rate data from Public Health England (PHE) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows it is… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #689

Queen Alexandra of the UK (wife of King Edward VII) used high collars and choker necklaces to hide a neck scar. She also walked with a limp caused by rheumatic fever. Her influence and popularity were such that ladies started walking with the “Alexandra Limp” and chokers became highly fashionable. The post 25 Kickass Random… Read More »

25 Crazy Headlines of the Month – Part 210

Here are this month’s crazy headlines. 1-5 Crazy Headlines 1. Smuggled red onions misdeclared as Chinese Steamed buns seized. – Source 2. Nevada man who claimed to have proof of illegal voting pleads guilty to voting twice. – Source 3. ‘It’s A Free Country’: Man threatens TSA agent’s life, throws checkpoint stanchion, strips naked &…… Read More »