The Full Fact Podcast

A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• Robert Peston overstates importance of Covid reinfection figures
• The CDC has not said that PCR tests don’t work
• And Boris Johnson has not been vaccinated against Covid three times

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A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• Lord Sumption makes several errors about Covid on BBC Radio 4's Today programme
• Richard Tice makes misleading claims about Covid vaccines and fertility
• And the EU doesn't have a 40% tariff on African food imports

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With hundreds of thousands of people in the UK self-isolating every week, we discuss the 'pingdemic' and the legal obligations of those contacted by Test and Trace or alerted by the NHS Covid App. We then go through the history of the government's views on vaccine passports and explain how they might work in practice.

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A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• What has the Prime Minister said about the booing of England players?
• The Pfizer vaccine is *not* 99% graphene oxide
• And no, your fuel tank won’t explode if you fill it during a heatwave

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Renewed arguments over ‘gesture politics’ and taking the knee are back in the news - and along with it, a phrase we’ve heard a lot recently: the culture war. But what is it? And how are the media using misleading surveys to exploit the issue.

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A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• Michael Gove and ‘apparent bias’
• The Times misrepresents survey results on ‘wokeism’ on front page
• And why school testing data doesn’t tell the full story

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Following the Prime Minister's unlocking announcement, we analyse the Covid figures and resolve confusion about the effectiveness of face masks.

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A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• Pandemic school attendance: fact checked
• Telegraph (wrongly) suggests 9% of England dies each year
• Vaccinated people sometimes die of Covid-19—but very rarely
• How common is sexual abuse in schools?

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Following his resignation as Health Secretary, questions remain to be answered about Matt Hancock in regards to the ministerial code and his reported use of his personal email to conduct government business. We discuss this, the haranguing of Chris Whitty...and whether you're allowed to hug your mates if England score a goal.

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A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

• Christian Eriksen did not have Covid vaccine before collapse, says Inter Milan CEO
• Labour’s record on unemployment
• More than 30 people are allowed to protest, despite Met Police claims

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