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Blood clots and broken promises: the AstraZeneca saga
Is the AstraZeneca jab safe? Spoiler alert: yes, probably. So why has it been dominating the headlines for weeks? And do broken promises and missed targets mean that the supply of the AstraZeneca vaccination is under threat?
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FactCheck Q&A: the UK’s AstraZeneca blood clot announcement
How does the possible clotting risk compare to Covid-19 and to other medications?
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Shaun Bailey’s dubious council tax claim
The Conservative hopeful says he’ll reverse Sadiq Khan’s latest tax hike.
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How effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
The evidence isn’t clear-cut.
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Does the UK have enough Covid vaccine?
The latest government figures cast doubt on whether AstraZeneca is hitting its target to supply 2 million doses of vaccine a week. The number of Pfizer doses administered has also shrunk.
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Ministers’ questionable claims about when they knew of symptom-free Covid spread
There was evidence for asymptomatic transmission very early in the pandemic.
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What is happening with Britain’s vaccine supply?
AstraZeneca has committed to delivering 2 million doses of vaccine a week, but it’s not easy to check whether this benchmark is being hit.
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England will still unlock slowly despite vaccinating faster than government assumed
It looks like we’re weeks ahead of schedule, but government says it won’t change course.
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Why are countries suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine?
AstraZeneca said the numbers of people reporting serious blood clotting disorders after receiving its Covid vaccine were “much lower than would be expected to occur naturally in a general population of this size”.
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Have nurses already had a pay rise?
Most NHS workers have faced significant pay cuts over the last ten years, when you adjust for inflation.
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Johnson’s claim about self-isolation cash for councils
There’s some important context missing.
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It’s the final lockdown. But is it really?
The Channel 4 News Factcheck team ask: how safe are schools? Does the latest data show that the vaccines are working?
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FactCheck: how competitive is the UK after Rishi Sunak’s corporation tax hike?
It’s a massive change in policy – the first time a UK chancellor has raised the headline rate of corporation tax in decades.
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Lateral flow testing in England’s schools
Could negative results give false reassurance?
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Latest evidence on the relationship between ethnicity and covid-19
The risk of dying with covid fell significantly for black Caribbean and black African people between the first and second waves. But for Pakistani people, the chances of death rose.
