Daily Archives: December 8, 2021
Lionel Shriver is wrong to say that Covid-19 vaccines can’t stop the virus spreading
[Vaccination] reduces death and hospitalisation, but can’t stop Covid from spreading. Lionel Shriver, 20 November 2021. The novelist Lionel Shriver misrepresented the evidence about Covid-19 vaccines in a column for the Spectator on 20 November 2021. One of her misleading comments was also included in a widely shared tweet from the Spectator. Claiming that western… Read More »
Do police normally investigate things that happened a year ago?
The police don’t normally look back and investigate things that have taken place a year ago. Dominic Raab MP, 5 December 2021. A clip of justice secretary Dominic Raab appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show has been widely shared online after Mr Raab claimed that police “don’t normally” investigate alleged offences that took place… Read More »
Father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has not been attacked in prison
A number of Facebook posts, including one with over 90,000 shares, claim that Thomas Hughes has been attacked in prison and is in “critical condition”. Hughes was recently jailed for 21 years and his partner, Emma Tustin, was jailed for a minimum 29 years over the torture and killing of his six-year-old son, Arthur Labinjo-Hughes,… Read More »
Lorraine Kelly and her guests were wrong about Covid-19 patients
90% of people in hospital are unvaccinated right now with Covid. Dr Hilary Jones, 6 December 2021. 90% of people in hospital [with Covid] have not been vaccinated. Lorraine Kelly, 6 December 2021. 90% of the people that are in hospital [with Covid] are unvaccinated. Martin Kemp, 7 December 2021. Both Dr Hilary Jones and… Read More »
Pfizer vaccine doesn’t have a 6% fatality rate
Claims that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has a one in 17 mortality rate have been spreading on social media. This is false, and is due to a misreading of a report from Pfizer on adverse reactions. When Full Fact asked Pfizer to authenticate the report, a Pfizer spokesperson said: “We cannot authenticate documents that are… Read More »
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When Texas surrendered the land currently…
When Texas surrendered the land currently known as the “Oklahoma Panhandle”, it was actually unowned for 40 years. Officially called the “Public Land Strip” during that time but often referred to as “No Man’s Land”. The post When Texas surrendered the land currently… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source