covid factcheck

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. In standing up for the policy, Dr Kayat made the following statement: It’s important we remind parents that the [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization] have …

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 to hospital with Covid19. the story has been picked up by other outlets too, with the Metro headlining: More than 500 children admitted to hospital with …

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 weeks, especially in the US and UK. So, why would that be? Pundits across the media world have made suggestions – from vaccines to lockdowns – …