Daily Archives: December 16, 2021
Why might vaccinated people account for a bigger share of Covid-19 deaths than infections?
An article from the blog, The Exposé, claims that fully vaccinated people accounted for nine in 10 Covid-19 deaths in Scotland over the past four months. Screenshots of the article’s headline, including this claim, have also circulated on social media. That’s broadly accurate. Fully vaccinated people have accounted for around eight in 10 Covid-19 deaths… Read More »
What we know about the alleged Downing Street parties so far
The biggest political story of the last month has been a series of reports on parties allegedly held late last year in Downing Street and Westminster at a time when strict Covid-19 restrictions were in force. Much of the coverage so far has been based on political journalists’ off-the-record sources, so we don’t yet know… Read More »
The FDA recalls drugs for a wide range of reasons
A Facebook post claims that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 12,787 drugs and that “1,270 drugs every year that were formerly approved get recalled because they were subsequently deemed unsuitable. These drugs were pre tested for between 2-10 years.” While it’s true that the FDA has recalled just under 1,000 drugs… Read More »
UK booster roll out level twice the EU average
“We’ve done almost double the percentage [of boosters] of any other European country” Boris Johnson, 15 December 2021. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson said that the percentage of the UK population who have received a booster vaccine was double that of any other European country. This is not true. It appears the Prime Minister… Read More »
Actor pretended to have Covid-19 for hospital training exercise, not for propaganda
A Facebook post claims to have proof an actor was contracted to pretend they were a hospital patient with Covid-19. The post includes a screenshot of a tweet. It says the actor “shows her contract detailing her role” and that it required her to pretend she was short of breath. The Facebook post’s caption states… Read More »
10 Things To Remember When You Feel Like a Failure as a Parent
Eric dropped out of college and pocketed the tuition money his parents gave him for school, Dave is only 16 and was arrested for drunk driving, and Jamie, a fifteen-year-old, swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills in an attempted suicide. All of these scenarios would make any parent feel like a failure. We need… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Green Bananas
Boris Johnson’s mum did not call him ‘an idiot with no common sense’
A Facebook post claims Boris Johnson’s mother said her son is “an idiot with no common sense”, “has very little in the way of social skills” and claims she hoped “he never goes into politics.” The post attributes the quote to “Charlotte Maria Offlow Johnson” (aka Charlotte Johnson Wahl), mother to the Prime Minister. While… Read More »
People with dementia think that stuff…
People with dementia think that stuff like a black doormat isn’t a doormat, but a deep hole in the floor. Due to these visual perception problems, people with dementia avoid stepping the doormat, and this is sometimes used to keep them from leaving their care facilites. The post People with dementia think that stuff… appeared… Read More »
Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill….
Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500 year old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 mm) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree. The post Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill…. appeared first on… Read More »