Author Archives: WeRaven
There are ways to identify the Delta variant
A post shared on Facebook says: “There is no “delta variant” – no clinical test can diagnose you with “Delta” and the entire narrative is a media- fabricated scam”. This is incorrect. As we have written before, although there isn’t an individual test for each of the variants, further analysis of positive PCR tests can… Read More »
CCTV showing woman’s drink being spiked is a dramatisation
A Facebook post shows what appears to be CCTV footage of a woman having her drink spiked in a bar. The film shows two men target the woman. One distracts her while the other slips a substance into her glass. Subtitles on the video claim the woman begins to feel dizzy at which point the… Read More »
Scottish taxes don’t subsidise English spending
A post on Facebook claims that income tax and tax raised on whisky sales in Scotland go “straight to England” to be spent on its priorities, and that Scotland subsidises England. This is not true. Firsty, the figures given for tax revenue from Scotland are wrong. The post claims Scotland raises £25 billion a year… Read More »
What do we know about the Covid-19 vaccines crossing the placenta?
We have been asked on WhatsApp about what is known on the Covid-19 vaccines crossing the placenta. Can a baby get any protection from their mother’s vaccination, and does mRNA —which is present in some of the vaccines— go across the placenta and pass from the mother to the baby? Most of the research about… Read More »
PCR tests have not been revoked by the FDA
A post on Facebook claims that an unspecified test has been “revoked” by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The post itself doesn’t say exactly what sort of test the post refers to, but the author says it “brought the world to its knees” and describes “sticking [it] up your nose”, which indicates it’s… Read More »
What Are Process Goals? (With Examples)
Ready. Set. Go. For years, this was my three-step mindset when it came to goals. I would reach for the moon and hope to land among the stars without feeling the pain of the fall. This approach was all or nothing, and as a result, I experienced loads of burnout and almost zero productivity. In… Read More »
Quote about love does not appear to come from Frida Kahlo
A Facebook post shared over 18,000 times shows a photo of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist and activist, and includes a caption which says: “Frida Kahlo told her husband, “I’m not asking you to kiss me, nor apologize to me when I think you’re wrong. I won’t even ask you to hug me when I… Read More »
World Trade Center 7 didn’t collapse for ‘no apparent reason’
A post on Instagram has claimed that on 9/11, World Trade Center 7 collapsed “for no apparent reason”. During the terror attacks of 11 September 2001, four planes were hijacked: two were flown into the Twin Towers, one into the Pentagon and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Two planes were flown into the… Read More »
Poster claiming bread is healthy for ducks gets its facts in a flap
A Facebook post shows a photograph of a poster claiming it’s safe to feed bread to ducks. The poster suggests the idea that bread makes ducks ill is wrong and has led to the birds “dying of starvation”. It also encourages others to feed them with bread, especially in winter. The poster has been circulating… Read More »
Posts claiming ‘every share earns money’ for sick children tend to be fake
A post on Facebook with a picture of a little girl in hospital claims: “She gets a dollar for every pic that’s shared it goes towards her kidney transplant”. Although the post is from 2018, it has been going viral again recently and has been shared around 9,000 times. The same picture appears in an… Read More »