covid factchecker A 17-part series of micro-articles tackling the prevailing, media-generated talking points on Sars-Cov2 and Covid19
Coronavirus Fact-Check #1: “Covid19 is having an unprecedented impact on ICUs”
This the first of a new on-going series of micro-articles tackling the prevailing, media-generated talking points of on Sars-Cov2 and Covid19. Those of you who have spent any time...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #2: “The Emergency Powers Will Only Last 2 years!”
Those of us who expressed concern at the scope, content and implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020 were often treated to this simple reply: “It’s not a police state,...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #3: “Covid19 is 20x DEADLIER than the flu!”
Since the early days of the current pandemic, the go-to comparison has been influenza, both the specific historical outbreaks and the general seasonal “flus” (a catch-all term for respiratory...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #4: “Why are so many healthcare workers dying?”
Although we hear a lot of anecdotal evidence, and see a lot of headlines, we have no data suggesting an excessive impact on healthcare professionals. A recent statistical study...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #5: Infection-Fatality Ratio Update
We covered in our third of these brief articles that, actually, the Coronavirus is NOT “20x deadlier” than the flu. That was evident once the early large-scale studies had...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #6: Does wearing a mask do anything?
As of two days ago, Boris Johnson’s government announced it will henceforth be illegal to use public transportation in the UK, without wearing a mask. But do masks actually do...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #7: “The Four Risks of Covid”
Of the Chief Medical Officer's "four risks", one of them has an over 99% survival rate, one of them didn't happen and the other two are consequences of lockdown...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #8: “New daily cases” and the second wave
Just because Person A got tested on Monday, and Person B on a Tuesday does not mean B is a newer case than A. We don't have any idea...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #9: Is the vaccine safe?
So - is the vaccine safe? The only rational answer is "we don't know". In the final analysis, you have to ask yourself a simple question: Do you feel...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #10: Why “new cases” are plummeting.
The scary red numbers are all going down. Check any newspaper or covid tracking website you want. Cases. Deaths. Hospitalisations. They’re all going down, sharply, and have been for...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #11: Is Sars-Cov-2 a bioweapon?
The mainstream media is hotly debating if the Sars-Cov-2 virus came from a lab accident, a bioweapon or a bat...but with a 99.8% survival rate, does it really matter?
Coronavirus Fact-Check #12: Ivermectin
The anti-parasitic medication has been a bone of contention in the Covid debate for months. What is the argument about? And who is right?
Coronavirus Fact-Check #13: “ICUs are filled with the unvaccinated”
A few days ago Dr Hillary Jones, whilst being interviewed on Lorraine Kelly, claimed: 90% of people in hospital are unvaccinated”. 🚨🚨 @reallorraine – “That is a really a...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #14: No, 500 Children were NOT admitted to hospital with Covid this week.
Two days ago Sky News reported that, in the week from December 20th to Boxing Day (December 26th, for our non-UK readers), over 500 British children had been admitted...
Coronavirus Fact-check #15: “We know all the risks of Covid vaccines”
Yesterday morning, celebrity doctor Sara Kayat appeared on GB News to defend the UK government’s decision to “offer” coronavirus vaccinations to children between the ages of 5 and 11....
Coronavirus Fact-check #16: “Can you HEAR Covid19?”
Yesterday, the UK’s Daily Mail published an article about a new app which claims to be able to diagnose Covid19 infection just through the sound of your voice. The...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #17: Masks STILL Don’t Work
Both the US and UK have seen the (attempted) re-introduction of facemask mandates amid “surging Covid cases” in the New Year. On January 9th, ABC news headlined: More US...
