Daily Archives: April 8, 2022

The UK’s Covid ‘survival rate’ is lower than 99.972%

A chart being shared on Instagram claims to show the “Covid survival rate” for ten different countries, giving a figure for all of them of above 99.9%. This is not correct. For the UK, where the true figure (using the chart’s definition of a “survival rate” which is the share of the population which has… Read More »

Historic claim on refugee and pensioner incomes is still wrong

A post on Facebook with almost 30,000 shares makes the following claims: “The maximum state pension in the uk is £141 weekly,germany is £507[…]If a British old age pensioner contributes for 45 years to 60 years they get a toatal [sic] yearly income of £6000.. illegal immergrants [sic] /refugees living in Britain get a total… Read More »

5 Things You Should Know – Part 458

Income tax in the US is progressive. This means that the incomes are grouped into brackets, and each bracket has a tax that applies ONLY TO THE MONEY IN THAT BRACKET. So, if you get a raise and go into a higher bracket, the higher rate does not apply to all your income. The post… Read More »