Daily Archives: January 10, 2022
WTF Fun Fact – Felicette Space Cat
7 Reasons Why Team Management Is Important
When we lived as hunter-gatherers, we always sought two basic social needs. The first is belonging, which led us to the group and, eventually, to live in cities and countries. The second is management. Communities were dependent on the leader (or leaders) to steer them and create a system that helps the community flourish. Today,… Read More »
Vaccinated Germans won’t have AIDS by the end of January 2022
An article by The Exposé, shared on Facebook, claims that by the end of January 2022 most vaccinated people in Germany will have AIDS. The article uses figures from a now-corrected German government report which seemed to show the case rate of Covid-19 caused by the Omicron variant was far higher among vaccinated than unvaccinated… Read More »
We don’t know how many suicides there have been since Omicron arrived in the UK
A post on Facebook makes the claim: “Since ‘Omnicron’ [sic] first detected on 27th November: 7 deaths. Average age 83. 27th November to now: 239 deaths by SUICIDE. Average age between 25 & 44. Perspective.” The post seems to be a screenshot of a tweet that has since been deleted but other tweets making the… Read More »
Boris Johnson misspoke about unvaccinated people in ICU
90% of the people who are in ICU with Covid have not been vaccinated. Boris Johnson, 10 January 2022. Boris Johnson has told Sky News that 90% of people in intensive care units (ICU) with Covid-19 are unvaccinated. While the Covid vaccines are definitely very effective at preventing serious illness, this figure is not correct,… Read More »
Betty White did not get a Covid-19 booster vaccine three days before she died
Multiple Facebook posts have shared false claims that the late actress Betty White received her booster vaccine three days before she died. They all include a screengrab of another post which claims that, on 28 December 2021, Ms White said: “Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today”. Ms White died… Read More »
Control swabs aren’t meant to be used for patient testing
An Instagram post shares an image of what appears to be two SARS-CoV-2 antigen (lateral flow) tests produced by ACON Laboratories. One of the tests is labelled as a “positive control swab”, and another is labelled as a “negative control swab”. The picture also has a caption which says that the picture was taken “secretly”… Read More »