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TheJournal.ie says: The WHO’s guidance is complicated and contains a number of qualifications which supports the use of antigen tests in schools in some scenarios, but advises against it in others
TheJournal.ie says: The photo showed a protest in Bucharest, Romania in 2017 against a loosening of anti-corruption rules
TheJournal.ie says: The viral screenshot about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines used misinformation and flawed logic to suggest that the vaccines are ineffective.
TheJournal.ie says: Mount Errigal is not the mountain captured in the photo - Mount Fuji in Japan is.
TheJournal.ie says: Vaccines do not cause autism and Covid-19 vaccines are not "untested". Official Covid-19 tests have a very low false positive rate. Masks are safe to use and guidance on wearing them properly is available from the HSE a…
TheJournal.ie says: RTÉ did not receive any money or financial assistance from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
TheJournal.ie says: The virus that causes Covid-19 – SARS-CoV-2, has been isolated many times and photographed
TheJournal.ie says: Multiple news outlets reported on Coveney's trip to Turkey. There is no evidence to support the claim that there was any outside interference in media outlets that didn’t cover Coveney’s trip to Turkey, or that it was a…
TheJournal.ie says: Leo Varadkar’s “partially seasonal” claim about the coronavirus may turn out to be true, but it is currently too soon to say the virus is seasonal and we don’t know how it will react in the future as more people are vac…
TheJournal.ie says: There is no evidence that the flu is being misdiagnosed as Covid-19.
TheJournal.ie says: Scientific studies have tested the efficacy of face coverings, including cloth masks. The suggestion that no study has been done on the protective value of dirty or contaminated cloth masks is a fallacy – official guida…
TheJournal.ie says: The test specifically looks for the presence of the virus that causes Covid-19 – SarsCoV-2 – not any other virus. False positives do occur, but at a low rate – they are not the standard.
TheJournal.ie says: Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid-19 does not genetically manipulate recipients of the vaccine. The image shared on social media does not show a document from Pfizer with guidance on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines as it…
TheJournal.ie says: This is not a real poster published by the HSE. The HSE confirmed that the poster is fake.
TheJournal.ie says: This post purporting to show injuries inflicted by Mr Nkencho is entirely false and from completely different incidents
TheJournal.ie says: George Nkencho had no criminal convictions, was not "known to gardaí", and was not out on bail at the time of his death.
TheJournal.ie says: Anti-Corruption Ireland’s FOI request was refused because the HSE did not need to prove the existence of a virus that had already been found to be circulating, and therefore did not create any relevant records. In the s…
TheJournal.ie says: While it may be true to say that 100 people died from Covid-19 alone in Ireland, the virus was a factor in all 1,777 deaths to date.