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[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Someone has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines are going to cause infertility because of a shared amino acid sequence in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and a placental protein, which will make the immune system attack both as it can’t tell the difference. The truth? This sequence is too short for the immune system to meaningfully confuse it with placental proteins. It’s sort of like saying that you are going to be confused with a criminal because you wear a commonly sold red bracelet that was also found on the criminal. It’s not realistic. If this were true, we would also expect COVID-19 to cause early pregnancy loss a significant amount of the time. The evidence available to us does not support that this is the case. There is no reasonable basis to believe that vaccines against COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 will affect fertility.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095058/https://edwardnirenberg.medium.com/are-covid-19-vaccines-going-to-cause-infertility-939bbdb62b64", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095058/https://edwardnirenberg.medium.com/are-covid-19-vaccines-going-to-cause-infertility-939bbdb62b64" } ], "question": "Are COVID-19 Vaccines Going To Cause Infertility?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Have any charities or foundations officially adopted the Blue Bucket policy for Halloween?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There have been a few memes floating around encouraging people to “spread the word! Blue pumpkins, stand for autism!” The autism community is actually not trying to spread the word to use the blue jack o lantern bucket as a symbol that someone is autistic", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162518/https://www.facebook.com/Quirky.Stimmy.Cool/posts/396119917719846", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Quirky.Stimmy.Cool/posts/396119917719846" } ], "question": "Have any people in the Autism community rejected the blue bucket idea?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "On Wednesday morning, Ginni Thomas—wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—endorsed the rally in Washington demanding that Congress overturn the election. She then sent her “LOVE” to the demonstrators, who violently overtook the Capitol several hours later", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210727175615/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/ginni-thomas-donald-trump-clarence-thomas-capitol-riot.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210727175615/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/ginni-thomas-donald-trump-clarence-thomas-capitol-riot.html" } ], "question": "Was Ginni Thomas in support of the Capitol protests before they turned violent" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "there is not evidence that Ginni Thomas paid for buses to bring people to the Capitol siege according to the article by the New York Times", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518191248/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/technology/no-there-is-not-evidence-that-ginni-thomas-paid-for-buses-to-bring-people-to-the-capitol-siege.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210518191248/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/technology/no-there-is-not-evidence-that-ginni-thomas-paid-for-buses-to-bring-people-to-the-capitol-siege.html" } ], "question": "Were buses chartered by Judge Thomas and his wife" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "“The Law No. 36/2009 on Health does prohibit the practice of abortion. Yet the prohibition does not apply for pregnant women with an emergency medical problem detected since early pregnancy and for pregnancy due to rape incidents which cause trauma for the victims.”\n\n“The Government Regulation No. 61/2014 on Reproductive Health also states the time when abortion is allowed.\n\n“Article 31 of the regulation says abortion of pregnancy caused by rape incidents can only be done if the pregnancy is less than 40 days since the first day of the women’s last period.”", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191005163311/http://www.depkes.go.id/resources/download/general/UU%20Nomor%2036%20Tahun2%20009%20tentang%20Kesehatan.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191005163311/http://www.depkes.go.id/resources/download/general/UU%20Nomor%2036%20Tahun2%20009%20tentang%20Kesehatan.pdf" } ], "question": "What is the current abortion laws in Indonesia?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The fabric Dutch wax, now referred to as African fabric started as a mass-produced\nimitation of Indonesian batik in Holland by the Dutch textile manufacturers. Javanese batik are made by handdrawing motif on cotton cloth, it involves the use of wax and resist dye Plate 2.Indonesian batik (Javanese batik)\nwas introduced to Holland and other parts of Europe by their colonial master the Dutch", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180725215319/http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/viewFile/7401/7536", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180725215319/http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/viewFile/7401/7536" }, { "answer": "Although “African” wax fabrics carry designs and prints found in African textile, it isn’t authentically African", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121034157/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-unafricanness-of-afri_b_9801874", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121034157/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-unafricanness-of-afri_b_9801874" } ], "question": "Where did Ankara originate from" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Scottish Government has not contributed any funds to the HS2 rail link budget; this is wholly funded by the UK Government.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210211140853/https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202000015934/#:~:text=The%20Scottish%20Government%20has%20not,funded%20by%20the%20UK%20Government.", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210211140853/https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202000015934/#:~:text=The%20Scottish%20Government%20has%20not,funded%20by%20the%20UK%20Government." } ], "question": "How much of the HS2 railway bill is funded by Scotland" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the ballot paper is not finger sensitive", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162548/https://twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1095447679415521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1095447679415521280%7Ctwgr%5E441d2f6d5134107e1128fa17fa27c9a5dfb078a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvcnews.tv%2F2019%2F02%2Fballot-paper-is-not-finger-sensitive-inec-2%2F", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1095447679415521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1095447679415521280%7Ctwgr%5E441d2f6d5134107e1128fa17fa27c9a5dfb078a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvcnews.tv%2F2019%2F02%2Fballot-paper-is-not-finger-sensitive-inec-2%2F" } ], "question": "Is the ballot paper finger sensitive" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "COVID-19 is mainly spread through the air in drops of liquid that come from the nose and mouth of an infected person.\n\nThe drops are usually too small to see. They scatter when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. When the drops reach the eyes, nose or mouth of another person, the infection spreads", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230324121110/https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/preventing-the-spread/how-coronavirus-spread/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/preventing-the-spread/how-coronavirus-spread/" } ], "question": "How does Covid-19 spread?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "5G is the next generation of wireless network technology.\nG networks can be built in different ways from multiple bands of wavelength spectrum (also known as radio frequencies) to carry information through the air: Low-band, mid-band, and high-band.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230405163658/https://www.t-mobile.com/5g", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.t-mobile.com/5g" } ], "question": "How does 5G work?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "This poster maps 5G coverage", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162634/https://www.ookla.com/articles/worldwide-state-5g-poster-download", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://www.ookla.com/articles/worldwide-state-5g-poster-download" } ], "question": "Is 5G coverage available worldwide?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "£23,259", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200612034613/https://www.merpolfed.org.uk/payscales.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200612034613/https://www.merpolfed.org.uk/payscales.pdf" } ], "question": "How much did a police officer earn in 2010" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "£23,100", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190726051344/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728354/Final_PRRB_EW_2018_Report_-_web_accessible.pdf#page=79", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190726051344/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728354/Final_PRRB_EW_2018_Report_-_web_accessible.pdf#page=79" } ], "question": "How much did a police officer earn in 2018" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This quote was actually penned by Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in a 1976 academic paper.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162718/https://scholar.harvard.edu/laurelulrich", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/laurel-thatcher-ulrich" } ], "question": "DID ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SAY, ‘WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY’?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is no evidence to support this however there is some evidence that drinking water slightly raises blood pressure for some people.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210603173821/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706150639.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210603173821/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706150639.htm" } ], "question": "Does Drinking a glass of water before a bath help lower blood pressure?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Humans murder around 475,000 other people each year", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162733/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mosquitoes-kill-more-humans-human-murderers-do-180951272/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mosquitoes-kill-more-humans-human-murderers-do-180951272/" } ], "question": "How many people die yearly at the hands of other humans" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Approximately 1300", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230601164623/https://www.calculator.net/", "source_medium": "Other", "source_url": "https://www.calculator.net/" } ], "question": "What number of humans die daily at the hands of other humans" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "there were 14 deaths recorded from Covid 19 Ireland in August 2020.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200929122405/https://assets.gov.ie/75031/2c4aee04-baca-4b12-90a0-e999621b82e5.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200929122405/https://assets.gov.ie/75031/2c4aee04-baca-4b12-90a0-e999621b82e5.pdf" } ], "question": "Were there any Covid 19 deaths reported in Ireland in August 2020?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Shortly before 1:00 A.M. on June 14, 2017, a fire tears through West London’s 24-story Grenfell tower. 72 people died, scores were injured and hundreds were left homeless in Britain’s deadliest fire in more than a century.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162817/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grenfell-tower-fire-2017", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grenfell-tower-fire-2017" } ], "question": "What happened to Grenfell Tower?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Has Ed Milliband been responsible for any of the building components on Grenfell Tower?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Was Ed Milliband responsible for the choice of cladding on Grenfell Tower?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Were building components part of the EU climate change legislation?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "116,040", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162830/https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/supplementary-information/supplementary-info-2019/hchs-doctors-by-various-breakdowns-september-2009-to-2018_ah2410.xlsx", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/supplementary-information/supplementary-info-2019/hchs-doctors-by-various-breakdowns-september-2009-to-2018_ah2410.xlsx" } ], "question": "How many drs (excluding GPS) were there in 2017 in England?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "34,664", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162830/https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/supplementary-information/supplementary-info-2019/hchs-doctors-by-various-breakdowns-september-2009-to-2018_ah2410.xlsx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/supplementary-information/supplementary-info-2019/hchs-doctors-by-various-breakdowns-september-2009-to-2018_ah2410.xlsx" } ], "question": "How many drs (excluding GPS) were there in 2017 in England that were born outside of England?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "30.170400000000004%", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230527045942/https://percentagecalculator.net/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://percentagecalculator.net/" } ], "question": "What is 26% of 116,040?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "They are more likely to claim in-work benefits like tax credits, according to research from the Migration Observatory", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034550/https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/eu-migration-welfare-benefits-and-eu-membership/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034550/https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/eu-migration-welfare-benefits-and-eu-membership/" } ], "question": "Are immigrants to Britain less likely to claim State Benefits than British born natives in 2022?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Migrants are generally less likely to claim out-of-work benefits compared to UK-born people", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034550/https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/eu-migration-welfare-benefits-and-eu-membership/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034550/https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/eu-migration-welfare-benefits-and-eu-membership/" } ], "question": "Are they more likely to claim out-of-work benefits than British born citizens?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Although Putin is believed to hold billions of dollars in personal wealth, little is known about the exact amount or where it might be.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230527060721/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/28/business/vladimir-putin-wealth-sanctions/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/28/business/vladimir-putin-wealth-sanctions/index.html" }, { "answer": "Browder testified before the US Senate in 2017 that he estimates the Russian leader's wealth to hover around $275.48 billion (US$200 billion) in assets, which would make him among the wealthiest people on the planet.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512161056/https://www.9news.com.au/world/vladimir-putin-how-much-is-the-russian-president-really-worth/1045f454-4c17-483c-9fb1-b1c87e7ddf60", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/vladimir-putin-how-much-is-the-russian-president-really-worth/1045f454-4c17-483c-9fb1-b1c87e7ddf60" } ], "question": "What is Vladimir Putin's net worth?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "When asked about Putin, a spokeswoman for Forbes told Newsweek: \"Vladimir Putin is not on the list because we have not been able to verify his ownership of assets worth $1 billion or more\" and cited the methodology. The spokeswoman and Dolan did not comment directly as to whether the magazine considered Putin a dictator, and thus exempted him from the list by this classification. A reporter who worked on the list did not reply to a request for comment.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200921222850/https://www.newsweek.com/why-putin-isnt-forbes-billionaires-list-310818", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200921222850/https://www.newsweek.com/why-putin-isnt-forbes-billionaires-list-310818" } ], "question": "Is Vladimir Putin on the list of the richest people in the world?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Elon Musk, with a fortune of $266 billion, is the richest person on the planet.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230511212654/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/richest-people-in-the-world-2022/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.visualcapitalist.com/richest-people-in-the-world-2022/" } ], "question": "Who is currently the richest man in the world?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "His latest financial disclosure indicated that the Russian leader earned 8.6 million rubles (€119,048.40) in 2018 from his official salary, a military pension, interest on savings, and investment gains", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331074246/https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/15/putin-s-financial-declaration-reports-a-fairly-unpretentious-salary", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/15/putin-s-financial-declaration-reports-a-fairly-unpretentious-salary" } ], "question": "How much does Vladimir Putin make a year?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "While serving as Minister of Transport and Communications, Finland's new prime minister Sanna Marin, floated the idea of a flexible 6-hour, 4-day workweek that was slammed by members of the political opposition, which called the idea \"unrealistic\". Whether or not that goal is on her agenda as the head of state remains an open question.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230527091303/https://www.neweurope.eu/article/finnish-pm-marin-calls-for-4-day-week-and-6-hours-working-day-in-the-country/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.neweurope.eu/article/finnish-pm-marin-calls-for-4-day-week-and-6-hours-working-day-in-the-country/" }, { "answer": "August 2019\nSANNA MARIN (SDP), the Minister of Transport and Communications, made a bold working life-related proposal during a panel discussion held in conjunction with the 120th anniversary celebrations of the Social Democratic Party in Turku on Saturday.\n\nMarin identified a considerably shorter work week as one of the objectives the party should incorporate into its agenda and pursue in the future.\n\n“A four-day work week, a six-hour workday. Why couldn’t it be the next step? Is eight hours really the ultimate truth? I believe people deserve to spend more time with their families, loved ones, hobbies and other aspects of life, such as culture. This could be the next step for us in working life,” she stated.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331030229/https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16663-marin-floats-idea-of-a-four-day-24-hour-work-week.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16663-marin-floats-idea-of-a-four-day-24-hour-work-week.html" }, { "answer": "January 2020\nSanna Marin, a social democrat, who took office in December, leads a broad coalition that also includes greens, leftists and centrists.\n\n“I believe people deserve to spend more time with their families, loved ones, hobbies and other aspects of life, such as culture,” she had previously said at her party's conference in the autumn of 2019.\n\n“This could be the next step for us in working life.”\n\nWhile the idea is not government policy under her coalition administration, her recent support for the radical move raises the prospect that Finland could eventually become the latest country to experiment with cutting working hours.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613200358/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-four-day-working-week-hours-prime-minister-sanna-marin-a9272476.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613200358/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-four-day-working-week-hours-prime-minister-sanna-marin-a9272476.html" } ], "question": "Is Finland is going to have a four-day working week and six-hour days?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "2019/20\nBBC Radio 2 Zoe Ball c.210 editions of The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show £1,360,000 – £1,364,999", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230418013121/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf" } ], "question": "Has a BBC Radio 2 DJ ever earned £1.3 million for presenting a show?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Article: Cases of Covid-19 in the summer were 16 TIMES higher in the UK than official figures suggest - with more than 5 MILLION Britons infected by the end of August, study claims", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162939/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html" } ], "question": "What is this claim based on?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "1%", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162939/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html" } ], "question": "According to the Daily Mail article, what is the calculated Infection Fatality Rate from the study?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A technique called 'backcasting' was used to calculate the number of cases in 15 countries based on the number of deaths.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162939/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html" } ], "question": "How were the numbers in the study arrived at?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Backcasting means starting first with the desired outcome in mind and then identifying present-day actions to move in the direction of that outcome.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608163007/https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/backcasting", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/backcasting" } ], "question": "What is backcasting?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, known as epidemics, can be monitored via statistics like the probability of death once infected, or infection fatality ratio (IFR). Measuring the levels of antibodies (proteins produced by the immune system to target the virus) in peoples’ blood can show how many have been previously infected. The number of deaths and infections are used to calculate the IFR, but this calculation is challenging due to time delays during the natural course of illness as well as imperfect antibody tests and declining antibody levels over time.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230324124833/https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-022-00106-7", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-022-00106-7" } ], "question": "Are IFRs for Covid-19 reliable?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Data from previous studies was gathered to allow researchers to create a best estimate on time from infection to death and infection fatality rate,\n\nFatality rate changes based on a patient's age and any comorbidities, but by reviewing 26 studies the researchers settled on a percentage of 0.76 per cent.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162939/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8958351/More-5-MILLION-Britons-caught-coronavirus-September-study-claims.html" } ], "question": "Did the article in the Daily Mail reach a best estimate of IFR?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "From April 2010, newly qualified nurses in England were on a starting salary of around £21,200.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-06-27/202892" } ], "question": "In the UK, What was the salary of a newly qualified nurse in 2010?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "£23,000", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200612055020/https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-1-to-3/annex-2-pay-bands-and-pay-points-on-the-second-pay-spine-in-england", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200612055020/https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-1-to-3/annex-2-pay-bands-and-pay-points-on-the-second-pay-spine-in-england" } ], "question": "In the UK, What was the salary of a newly qualified nurse in 2018?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The tower was built in 1974 and contained 129 flats. The block was owned by\nthe Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8305/CBP-8305.pdf" } ], "question": "When was Grenfell Tower built?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Conservatives.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608163514/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/aw.stm", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/aw.stm" } ], "question": "Who controlled the London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea in 1974?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Labour", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230604155321/https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/harold-wilson", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/harold-wilson" } ], "question": "Which government was in power in 1974?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "He was born in 1970 so was only 4 years old at the time", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403164005/https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334155", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334155" } ], "question": "Was Sadiq Khan Housing Minister in 1974?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "However, there are things people can do to help avoid having a heart attack in the first place. These include eating healthy, being physically active, not smoking, and getting plenty of sleep.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230401013559/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-to-stop-heart-attack", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-to-stop-heart-attack#summary" } ], "question": "What can prevent a heart attack?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The bottom line? Healthy living is the best way to delay or avoid many heart and brain diseases. This means being active and fit, eating healthy, avoiding tobacco and managing conditions that can put you at greater risk. Take charge of your health. Join Healthy for Good for tips, tools and inspiration to make changes and create healthy habits you can sustain throughout your life.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230530092456/https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/prevent-heart-disease-and-stroke", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/prevent-heart-disease-and-stroke" } ], "question": "What can prevent a stroke?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Dr. Marc Gilinov, a cardiovascular surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, a hospital in the US state of Ohio, examined the claim that drinking water a specific times of the day has particular health benefits. He wrote in this debunk, “There is no data to suggest that ‘when’ you drink matters.” He advised choosing water over soda, and cautioned, “Don’t schedule your drinking according to a fictitious claim that the time you drink it matters.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://health.clevelandclinic.org/myth-or-truth-a-closer-look-at-your-heart-health/" } ], "question": "Can drinking a glass of water before going to bed help prevent stroke and heart attacks?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Joe Biden - I've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. Here's what I know -- I know Trump deserves to be investigated", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230323042731/https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1175486006348460032", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1175486006348460032" } ], "question": "What has Joe Biden said about these claims?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The US former vice president’s son is accused of working to set up business deals in Ukraine and China that traded on his famous family’s name and peddling influence with his father.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230527110421/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china" } ], "question": "What is Hunter Biden accused of?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Hunter Biden has maintained he did nothing wrong when it came to Burisma, but admitted in a 2019 interview it was “poor judgment on my part” to sit on the company’s board while his father was in the White House.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230527110421/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china" }, { "answer": "In a statement to The Post earlier this year, Hunter Biden said, “At no time have I discussed with my father the company’s business or my board service.” Joe Biden echoed the sentiment recently, speaking in Iowa. He said, “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” \n\nHunter Biden told the New Yorker that his father alluded to his Burisma job just once.\n\n“Dad said, ‘I hope you know what you are doing,’ and I said, ‘I do,’ ” Hunter recounted.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153037/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-gas-tycoon-and-the-vice-presidents-son-the-story-of-hunter-bidens-foray-in-ukraine/2019/09/28/1aadff70-dfd9-11e9-8fd3-d943b4ed57e0_story.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-gas-tycoon-and-the-vice-presidents-son-the-story-of-hunter-bidens-foray-in-ukraine/2019/09/28/1aadff70-dfd9-11e9-8fd3-d943b4ed57e0_story.html" } ], "question": "What has Hunter Biden said about his father?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "For example, on March 6, 2020 Islamic State attacks Kabul gathering, killing at least 32", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210811121535/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-afghanistan-attack/islamic-state-attacks-kabul-gathering-killing-at-least-32-idUKKBN20T0RN?edition-redirect=uk", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210811121535/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-afghanistan-attack/islamic-state-attacks-kabul-gathering-killing-at-least-32-idUKKBN20T0RN?edition-redirect=uk" } ], "question": "Did terror attacks stop during the coronavirus pandemic" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Mars arrives at opposition to the sun on Oct. 13 2020.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200904002716/https://www.space.com/39240-when-to-see-planets-in-the-sky.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200904002716/https://www.space.com/39240-when-to-see-planets-in-the-sky.html" } ], "question": "When will the Sun and Mars appear to be the same size in the night sky?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "During opposition, Mars and the sun are on directly opposite sides of Earth. From our perspective on our spinning world, Mars rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west. Then, after staying up in the sky the entire night, Mars sets in the west just as the sun rises in the east. Since Mars and the sun appear on opposite sides of the sky, we say that Mars is in \"opposition.\"", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133222/https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/opposition/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133222/https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/opposition/" } ], "question": "What is the astronomical phenomenon known as opposition?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Only Mars and the Sun.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133222/https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/opposition/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133222/https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/opposition/" } ], "question": "Is the Moon directly involved in the astronomical phenomenon of opposition?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "They were asked to opt-in to an arrangement whereby you move into clinical practice during this\nemergency period", "cached_source_url": "file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/RM&MR%20letter%20to%20nursing%20and%20midwifery%20students%20-%2026%20March%202020.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/RM&MR%20letter%20to%20nursing%20and%20midwifery%20students%20-%2026%20March%202020.pdf" } ], "question": "Were student nurses asked to join the NHS workforce because of Covid-19?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "An author and a Conservative MP and Boris Johnson's dad", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608163838/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/stanley-johnson-im-a-celebrity-get-2017-profile/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/stanley-johnson-im-a-celebrity-get-2017-profile/" } ], "question": "Who is Stanley Johnson?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A long out-of-print novel about a deadly virus by Stanley Johnson, the father of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, is to be reissued this summer, two weeks after it emerged that he was trying to find it a new publisher during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHaving been pitched to UK publishers as “an urgent, exhilarating novel” by “a tireless self-promoter”, Johnson senior’s 1982 novel The Virus has been snapped up by Black Spring.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603224754/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/11/stanley-johnson-lands-book-deal-to-republish-virus-thriller-the-virus-coronavirus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/11/stanley-johnson-lands-book-deal-to-republish-virus-thriller-the-virus-coronavirus" } ], "question": "Who wrote the book 'The Virus'?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "yes, it is said there are No Signs COVID-19 Vaccine Causes Infertility", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145933/https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/HealthU/2020/12/23/no-signs-covid19-vaccine-causes-infertility/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145933/https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/HealthU/2020/12/23/no-signs-covid19-vaccine-causes-infertility/" } ], "question": "Has there been any research into covid-19 vaccines and male fertility?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Panels were made of aluminium composite material (ACM) with a polyethylene (PE) core.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130080924/https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/ACM_cladding#Grenfell_Tower_fire", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130080924/https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/ACM_cladding#Grenfell_Tower_fire" } ], "question": "What cladding was used on Grenfell Tower?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In the United States, most jurisdictions don't allow this type of cladding for buildings higher than 40 feet. That is because they've adopted the International Building Code, which requires cladding for tall buildings to pass a rigorous test developed by the National Fire Protection Association called \"NFPA 285.\" The purpose of the test is to ensure that installed cladding will be noncombustible.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200422182625/https://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534100561/some-u-s-states-relax-restrictions-on-cladding-suspected-in-grenfell-tower-fire?t=1582300811830", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200422182625/https://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534100561/some-u-s-states-relax-restrictions-on-cladding-suspected-in-grenfell-tower-fire?t=1582300811830" }, { "answer": "US banned cladding material thought to be used in Grenfell refit as it is too flammable.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608163922/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/818108/Grenfell-Tower-US-ban-cladding-flammable-material-death-London", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/818108/Grenfell-Tower-US-ban-cladding-flammable-material-death-London" } ], "question": "Is the cladding that was used on the Grenfell Tower banned on tall buildings in the U.S.?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "220-foot-10-inch (67.30 m) tall building", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230605012116/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" } ], "question": "How tall was Grenfell Tower?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Riviera Region of Southern France.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230327163901/https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko" } ], "question": "Where was the photo in the claim taken?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "January 15, 1945", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230327163901/https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko" } ], "question": "When was the photo in the claim captured?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The photo captures a United States Coast Guard-manned barge unloading its passengers onto a beach in the Riviera Region of Southern France. These passengers – Red Cross staff – arrived ready to “carry out their duties and keep high the spirits of Yank fighting men.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230327163901/https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://redcrosschat.org/2016/06/23/whats-the-story-behind-this-iconic-photo/?fbclid=IwAR3WXqFU7TXVCE6VnbWGEqpF_P8UVdHnP8Af0FKtheE1di6ammKNh2_CPko" } ], "question": "What is happening in the photo?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Coronavirus is not a single virus but a family of viruses which includes the common cold, SARS (the severe acute respiratory syndrome, of which there were outbreaks in 2002 and 2004) and this new coronavirus identified in people in Wuhan.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sars/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sars/" } ], "question": "What is coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There are no patents for this new coronavirus.\n\nA patent application from 2015 does exist for a different type of coronavirus and is referred to by users in the comments to the post.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://patents.justia.com/patent/10130701", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://patents.justia.com/patent/10130701" } ], "question": "Are there any patents for this new coronovirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This patent refers to a “live attenuated” version of the avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). This is essentially a weakened version of the virus, patented with the aim of eventually developing it into a vaccine against the disease for birds and other animals.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210430201339/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/news/2020/01/pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock-coronavirus-research-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210430201339/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/news/2020/01/pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock-coronavirus-research-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered" } ], "question": "Is this the same virus as COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "This patent is held by the UK-based Pirbright Institute, researchers of viral diseases in livestock.\n\nThe Pirbright Institute is not owned by Jacob Rothschild. We can find no evidence of any link between Mr Rothschild and the Institute.\n\nThe Institute says that in 2018/19 it received £12.6 million from public funds through the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and £35 million from grants and commercial activity.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/press-releases/2019/11/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-funds-development-pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210502151433/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/press-releases/2019/11/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-funds-development-pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock" } ], "question": "Is the patent owned by Jacob Rothschild?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Following Brexit, the UK will no longer be part of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It will become an independent coastal state and be fully responsible for managing fisheries in the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), extending 200 nautical miles (nm) from shore", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022813/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8396/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022813/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8396/" } ], "question": "What happens to the fishery laws made by the EU if the UK leaves" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK fishing waters are back under their jurisdiction and their laws", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022813/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8396/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022813/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8396/" } ], "question": "What does it mean for the EU if Brexit does not happen" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230524091352/https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-ii", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-ii" } ], "question": "What are the requirements of becoming a president according to the US constitution?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Federal President shall be elected by the Federal Convention without debate. Any German who is entitled to vote in Bundestag elections and has attained the age of forty may be elected.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509081357/https://germanlawarchive.iuscomp.org/?p=212", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509081357/https://germanlawarchive.iuscomp.org/?p=212" } ], "question": "What are the requirements of becoming a president according to the German constitution?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "the French constitution states that a candidate for a presidential election is required to:\n\nbe a French citizen;\nhave attained the age of 18 years;\nbe qualified to vote;\nnot be ineligible by reasons of criminal conviction or judicial decision;\nand have a bank account.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "What are the requirements of becoming a president according to the French constitution?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The direct cost to UK taxpayers, always has the rebate deducted before payment is made. Because of this, the correct figure, taking account of the rebate, was around £280 million per week", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164049/https://encompass-europe.com/comment/how-much-does-britain-really-pay-into-the-eu-budget", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://encompass-europe.com/comment/how-much-does-britain-really-pay-into-the-eu-budget" } ], "question": "How much did the UK pay to the EU before Brexit?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "£14,560,000,000 billion", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230520070227/https://calculator-1.com/", "source_medium": "Other", "source_url": "https://calculator-1.com/" } ], "question": "What is the annual cost to the UK if its weekly payments are £280 million?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK will formally leave the EU on 31 January 2020. During the remaining 11\nmonths of 2020 the UK will pay the EU largely as if a Member\nState", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230522045904/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7886/CBP-7886.pdf", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7886/CBP-7886.pdf" } ], "question": "will the UK have to make any payments to the EU budget fund after Brexit?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "In a notice from The Student representative council from the university of Zimbabwe.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220803082401im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_xl/public/medias/factchecking/south_africa/og_statement.jpg?itok=WbXqmuQM", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220803082401im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_xl/public/medias/factchecking/south_africa/og_statement.jpg?itok=WbXqmuQM" } ], "question": "Where did the claim originate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "They have issued a notice denying the claim calling it mischievous falsehood and saying they will not be offering game meat.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200717212433im_/https://www.uz.ac.zw/images/uzMainNews/WhatsApp-Image-2019-02-23-at-10.14.13.jpeg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200717212433im_/https://www.uz.ac.zw/images/uzMainNews/WhatsApp-Image-2019-02-23-at-10.14.13.jpeg" } ], "question": "Has the University addressed the claim?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Chief Quality Officer and Chief of Infectious Diseases from the University of Maryland, Dr Faheem Younus tweeted\n\nMost young patients with Coronavirus will be able to hold their breaths for much longer than 10 seconds. And many elderly without the virus won’t be able to do it.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210406035512/https://twitter.com/FaheemYounus/status/1239705900908253190", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210406035512/https://twitter.com/FaheemYounus/status/1239705900908253190" }, { "answer": "Reuters quoted Dr Thomas Nash, a New York-Presbyterian Hospital internist, pulmonologist and infectious disease specialist, saying that the breath test was \"just made up.\"", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210226081939/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid-advice-self-test-drin/false-claim-doctors-offer-advice-for-preventing-covid-19-symptoms-like-coughing-and-fever-indicate-pulmonary-fibrosis-fibrosis-is-detectable-by-holding-your-breath-for-10-seconds-drinking-water-every-15-minutes-repels-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142B6", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210226081939/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid-advice-self-test-drin/false-claim-doctors-offer-advice-for-preventing-covid-19-symptoms-like-coughing-and-fever-indicate-pulmonary-fibrosis-fibrosis-is-detectable-by-holding-your-breath-for-10-seconds-drinking-water-every-15-minutes-repels-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142B6" } ], "question": "Have any medical personnel commented on the claim?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Terrorism Act 2000 says that wearing or displaying articles in public that arouse “reasonable suspicion” that the person is a supporter or member of a terrorist organisation is an offence.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210719112701/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/13", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210719112701/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/13" } ], "question": "What is the Britain stance on waving terrorist flag" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Free TV Licences are only available if you’re 75 or over and you, or your partner living at the same address, are receiving Pension Credit.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230531082827/https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/aged-74-and-over-aud3/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/aged-74-and-over-aud3" } ], "question": "What is the regulation in the UK regarding TV licence for pensioners?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if you’re over State Pension age and on a low income.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230605041025/https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit" } ], "question": "What is Pension Credit?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "For TV licenses, anyone over the age of 75 was counted for free TV licences. In 2019, it was announced that TV licences would no longer be free for all those aged over 75. Pensioners under the age of 75 have always had to pay the TV license.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210126151707/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/over-75s-licence-fees-decision", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210126151707/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/over-75s-licence-fees-decision" } ], "question": "What counts as a pensioner?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "None on the NHS approved methods of contraception.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230604140306/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/" } ], "question": "Are there any plants that are approved as contraceptives?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Several are listed by the UN.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164206/https://www.unfpa.org/dangerous-pregnancy-prevention", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.unfpa.org/dangerous-pregnancy-prevention" } ], "question": "Are any plants considered dangerous when used as contraceptives?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Natural family planning is a type of contraception which does not rely on any contraceptives but your awareness of your fertility. Couples who use the fertility awareness method track the woman’s cycle and they only have sex on days when conception is unlikely.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164253/https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/natural-contraception.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/natural-contraception.html" } ], "question": "Is there a natural contraceptive?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The given plants in the claim are misguided to potentially dangerous and diverts from the NHS’s list of approved contraceptive methods. \nFigs, ginger, asafoetida are all common foodstuffs. However, they are not a substitute for contraception and should not be used if you want to prevent pregnancy.\nBut their are palnts that are harmful for already pregnant women but that does not mean that they are contraceptive and prevent pregnancy.The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that papaya is possibly unsafe for pregnant women to eat and should be avoided as it could poison the foetus or cause birth defects.Tea and leaf extracts from the pennyroyal plant do not have serious side-effects, according to the NIH, but the oil of the plant has been called “highly toxic” and linked to liver damage and death. It is unsafe and should not be used if you want to prevent pregnancy.Smartweed also should not be used if you want to prevent pregnancy.\nThis claim is false as the given foods in the claim do not prevent pregnancy.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230601063207/https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/foods-to-avoid/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/foods-to-avoid/" } ], "question": "Do consuming certain plants will stop women from getting pregnant ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "They were not imprisoned for 20 years, none of the accused were in jail for more than 9 months.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230417043912/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/2001-simi-meeting-case-122-set-free/articleshow/81369360.cms", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/2001-simi-meeting-case-122-set-free/articleshow/81369360.cms" } ], "question": "were the 122 muslims prisoned for 20 years?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "20 years", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728045213/https://twitter.com/arunbothra/status/1368411237348823046", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210728045213/https://twitter.com/arunbothra/status/1368411237348823046" } ], "question": "How long did the court take to decide the verdict for their case" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to case details, after being arrested most of the accused spent at least nine months in jail before getting bail.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316162216/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/2001-simi-meeting-case-122-set-free/articleshow/81369360.cms", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316162216/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/2001-simi-meeting-case-122-set-free/articleshow/81369360.cms" } ], "question": "Were these people in jail for 20 years while the court decided" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, but they do need to live in the same state. \nNo Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230604123128/https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript" } ], "question": "Do the candidates need to live in the 9th congressional North carolina district?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The followings live outside of the district.\nStevie Rivenbark Hull of Fayetteville lives in the 8th Congressional District.\nAlbert Lee Wiley Jr. of Atlantic Beach lives in the 3rd district.\nChris Anglin of Raleigh lives in the 4th district.\nLeigh Thomas Brown of Harrisburg lives in the 8th district.\nKathie Day of Cornelius lives in the 12th district.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164345/https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2019/District9Candidates.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2019/District9Candidates.pdf" } ], "question": "Do 5 out of 10 GOP candidates live outside of the 9th congressional district?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The following live outside of the district.\nStevie Rivenbark Hull of Fayetteville lives in the 8th Congressional District.\nAlbert Lee Wiley Jr. of Atlantic Beach lives in the 3rd district.\nChris Anglin of Raleigh lives in the 4th district.\nLeigh Thomas Brown of Harrisburg lives in the 8th district.\nKathie Day of Cornelius lives in the 12th district.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164345/https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2019/District9Candidates.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2019/District9Candidates.pdf" } ], "question": "According to the State Board of Elections Candidate Detail List, did five of the 10 Republican candidates in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District Election 05/14/2019, live outside the district boundaries?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, the founder of the lighting company Mathmos. It consists of a bolus of a special coloured wax mixture inside a glass vessel,", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230530053908/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lamp", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lamp" } ], "question": "What is a lava lamp?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "its wax.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230505215246/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23754303", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23754303" } ], "question": "Does the 'Lava' in a lava lamp come from a volcano?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes, the original image is from a Protest in London in 2011", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190816030014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8924005/Public-sector-strikes-as-it-happened.html", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190816030014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8924005/Public-sector-strikes-as-it-happened.html" } ], "question": "Is there proof that the image was edited" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "\"I'm not really happy about this\"", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164416/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02071/strike-placard-1_2071513b.jpg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02071/strike-placard-1_2071513b.jpg" } ], "question": "What was the placard saying in the original image" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "20 October, 2018", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164439/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45926996", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45926996" } ], "question": "When was the People's vote march" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "It was held during a public sector strike in November 30, 2011", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190816030014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8924005/Public-sector-strikes-as-it-happened.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190816030014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8924005/Public-sector-strikes-as-it-happened.html" } ], "question": "When was this placard held and during what protest" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "HS2 is the government’s project to build a high-speed railway from London to Manchester and Leeds, via Birmingham and the East Midlands.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210314171101/https://www.hs2.org.uk/where/route-map-described/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210314171101/https://www.hs2.org.uk/where/route-map-described/" } ], "question": "What is HS2?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "he latest estimate is that the scheme could cost £106 billion, according to an independent review of the project’s costs leaked recently to the Financial Times. The report reportedly still recommends that “on balance” the government should proceed with the railway.\n\nSince this article was first written the leaked review has been published by the government. It says that the total cost estimate for HS2 “developed by an external consultant” was £106.6 billion in 2015 prices.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210314171101/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/864842/oakervee-review.pdf#page=60", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210314171101/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/864842/oakervee-review.pdf#page=60" } ], "question": "What was this estimated to cost at the time of this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The total cost of the HS2 could be up to £106.6 billion", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210223202127/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/870092/oakervee-review.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210223202127/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/870092/oakervee-review.pdf" } ], "question": "How much did the the government say the HS2 will cost" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Public Health England does, however, say \"vaccination of close contacts of vulnerable people has a major benefit by reducing the risk of exposure to wild-type infection.\"", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201007004834/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655225/Greenbook_chapter_6.pdf#page=7", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201007004834/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655225/Greenbook_chapter_6.pdf#page=7" } ], "question": "Does the Public Health England guidelines list staying away from those with compromised immune systems, babies, children, pregnant women, and the elderly if you have been recently vaccinated?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Public Health England advise that to minimise the risk of infection in immunosuppressed individuals for whom live vaccines are contraindicated, their close contacts should be fully immunised according to the UK schedule, as a matter of priority. Close contacts of severely immunosuppressed individuals should also be offered vaccination against varicella and influenza. This will reduce the risk of exposure of vulnerable individuals to the serious consequences of vaccine-preventable infections.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed" } ], "question": "What does the Public Health England advise on those close to immunocompromised people?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "PHE provides no guidelines or warnings on interacting with people who have recently received live vaccinations. It also says that having a pregnant household member does not mean someone shouldn’t get the routine vaccinations.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "What are Public Health England guidelines for babies, young children, the elderly and pregnant women?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "You may also need to avoid contact with other people who have had certain types of vaccinations, such as oral vaccines or flu vaccine nasal spray.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164550/https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/cancer-drugs/immunisations-and-cancer-treatment", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/cancer-drugs/%20immunisations-and-cancer-treatment" } ], "question": "What has been said about patients who are receiving chemotherapy and their contact with people who have recently had the COVID-19 vaccine?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Immunocompromised individuals", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed" } ], "question": "Which of these group of people mentioned in the claim was of great concern" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Public Health England advise that to minimise the risk of infection in immunosuppressed individuals for whom live vaccines are contraindicated, their close contacts should be fully immunised according to the UK schedule, as a matter of priority. Close contacts of severely immunosuppressed individuals should also be offered vaccination against varicella and influenza. This will reduce the risk of exposure of vulnerable individuals to the serious consequences of vaccine-preventable infections.\n\nReporting of suspected adverse reactions to", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185929/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed" } ], "question": "What advice was given by the PHE as regards immuno compromised individuals and vaccinated individuals" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, there was no guideline provided by the PHE", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201022100912/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201022100912/https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/live-attenuated-vaccines-avoid-use-in-those-who-are-clinically-immunosuppressed" } ], "question": "Is there any warning or advice on interacting with babies, pregnant women, young children and elderly people in the" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The singer's family held a private funeral with a full memorial service expected to take place at a later date.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459" } ], "question": "Was the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn public or a private ceremony" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Camera crews and photographers descended as the funeral procession stopped at the crossroads in the centre of Ditchling, where the singer lived for 50 years, to allow people to pay their respects. along with servicemen and women who have come to pay their respects.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459" } ], "question": "was any of dame vera Lynn's funeral broadcast on the BBC" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The BBC did cover the service but aired the incorrect photo during its broadcast", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164739/https://nypost.com/2020/06/10/bbc-runs-photo-of-wrong-george-floyd-during-houston-funeral/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nypost.com/2020/06/10/bbc-runs-photo-of-wrong-george-floyd-during-houston-funeral/" } ], "question": "Was the funeral of George Floyd a public or private service?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The service was private, but the public funeral procession was broadcast", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459" } ], "question": "Did the BBC decide not to air Dame Vera Lynn's funeral?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The singer's family is holding a private funeral with a full memorial service expected to take place at a later date.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225635/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-vera-lynn-battle-of-britain-flypast-to-mark-funeral-of-forces-sweetheart-12025294", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225635/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-vera-lynn-battle-of-britain-flypast-to-mark-funeral-of-forces-sweetheart-12025294" } ], "question": "Was Dame Vera's funeral a public event" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The procession was a public event and the flypast of two spitfires", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194509/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459" } ], "question": "Were there some parts of Dame Vera's funeral that was public" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes they broadcasted the flypast of the two spitfires as seen on their twitter page", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164836/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-vera/fact-check-bbc-news-did-not-decide-against-broadcasting-dame-vera-lynns-funeral-idUSKCN24G1Q8", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-vera/fact-check-bbc-news-did-not-decide-against-broadcasting-dame-vera-lynns-funeral-idUSKCN24G1Q8?fbclid=IwAR2zkuGzuQQsVZblUpimfejogAo8yHx_9mqQea9Khq6fFhn3pSUmoFoeyyY" } ], "question": "Did BBC broadcast live the public parts of Dame Vera's funeral" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "When and where will the memorial service take place?\nThe first official memorial will happen in Minneapolis. Set to begin at 1 PM local time on Thursday, June 4.\n\nThe memorial service is for people to gather together in solidarity and to remember the life of George Floyd.\n\nThe Rev. Al Sharpton will provide a eulogy at the memorial, which will take place at the Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary at North Central University.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164858/https://www.capitalxtra.com/news/black-lives-matter/george-floyd-funeral-memorial-service-date-place/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.capitalxtra.com/news/black-lives-matter/george-floyd-funeral-memorial-service-date-place/" } ], "question": "Was George Floyd's funeral a public event" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The BBC confirmed to Reuters in an email that it broadcast the procession live. The funeral of Floyd, whose death provoked protests around the world, was shown live on June 9 here .", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164836/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-vera/fact-check-bbc-news-did-not-decide-against-broadcasting-dame-vera-lynns-funeral-idUSKCN24G1Q8", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-vera/fact-check-bbc-news-did-not-decide-against-broadcasting-dame-vera-lynns-funeral-idUSKCN24G1Q8?fbclid=IwAR2zkuGzuQQsVZblUpimfejogAo8yHx_9mqQea9Khq6fFhn3pSUmoFoeyyY" } ], "question": "Did BBC broadcast live the funeral of George Floyd" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Note that the use of the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter or #BLM is not recommended in this case as it is reportedly overwhelming important images in the main Black Lives Matter feed and making it difficult to find other Black Lives Matter content.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230604210300/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=www.forbes.com", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulmonckton/2020/06/02/blackout-tuesday-instagram-black-squares-blackouttuesday-theshowmustbepaused/?sh=22bd1c772794" } ], "question": "Were people advised to not post on social media for blackout Tuesday?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Did Instagram merge #BlackOutTuesday and #BlackLivesMatter posts?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "“If you edit your post to remove a hashtag, your post will no longer be shown on that hashtag page,” she said. “In some cases, it may take up to 10 minutes for the post to be removed once you edit it. If someone uses #blacklivesmatter and #blackouttuesday in their caption, the post will appear on both hashtag pages – we are not merging the pages.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510151902/https://twitter.com/instagram/status/1267859718917120001?s=20", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/instagram/status/1267859718917120001?s=20" } ], "question": "Does posting for Blackouttuesday make other protests on Instagram for BLM harder to see?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Fact checker websites have stated this is false.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165006/https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/08/31/fact-check-quote-attributed-to-nitin-gadkari-praising-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-is-false/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/08/31/fact-check-quote-attributed-to-nitin-gadkari-praising-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-is-false/" } ], "question": "Did Nitin Gadkari say Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi ji awere very good people, and that such people should stay in politics?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Fact checker websites have stated this is false.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165006/https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/08/31/fact-check-quote-attributed-to-nitin-gadkari-praising-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-is-false/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/08/31/fact-check-quote-attributed-to-nitin-gadkari-praising-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-is-false/" } ], "question": "Did Nitin Gadkari say Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi ji were very good people, and that such people should stay in politics?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The comment is not found on Nitin Gadkari's Facebook page.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "www.facebook.com%2Fnitingadkary%2F", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "www.facebook.com%2Fnitingadkary%2F" }, { "answer": "The comment is not found on Nitin Gadkari's Twitter page.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230501213917/https://twitter.com/nitin_gadkari", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/nitin_gadkari" } ], "question": "Does Nitin Gadkari's official social media profile on Facebook or Twitter mention that Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi ji were very good people, and that such people should stay in politics?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is no trace of this being said on any websites or social media pages.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165059/https://www.google.com/search?q=%25E0%25A4%25B8%25E0%25A5%258B%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A4%25BF%25E0%25A4%25AF%25E0%25A4%25BE+%25E0%25A4%2597%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%2582%25E0%25A4%25A7%25E0%25A5%2580+%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A5%2580+%25E0%25A4%2594%25E0%25A4%25B0+%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%25B9%25E0%25A5%2581%25E0%25A4%25B2+%25E0%25A4%2597%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%2582%25E0%25A4%25A7%25E0%25A5%2580+%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A5%2580+%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A4%25BF%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A5%2580+%25E0%25A4%25A4%25E0%25A5%258C%25E0%25A4%25B0+%25E0%25A4%25AA%25E0%25A4%25B0+%25E0%25A4%25AC%25E0%25A4%25B9%25E0%25A5%2581%25E0%25A4%25A4+%25E0%25A4%2585%25E0%25A4%259A%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%259B%25E0%25A5%2587+%25E0%25A4%2587%25E0%25A4%2582%25E0%25A4%25B8%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%25A8+%25E0%25A", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A" } ], "question": "Is there any evidence to confirm that Gadkari made the statement?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Net zero means huge declines in the use of coal, oil and gas.\n\nThis requires steps such as halting sales of new internal combustion engine passenger cars, and phasing out all unabated coal and oil power plants.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230604153321/https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050" } ], "question": "What does 'net zero' mean?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The UK prime minister laid out this plan to go net zero,...\nhistoric transitions to remove carbon from \npower, retire the internal combustion engine\nfrom vehicles and start to phase out gas\nboilers in homes. But it also that it will be done fairly by making carbon free alternatives cheaper", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230528045254/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033990/net-zero-strategy-beis.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033990/net-zero-strategy-beis.pdf" } ], "question": "Has the UK government pledged to become net zero?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK government has a binding target to reach net zero\nemissions by 2050.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230528045254/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033990/net-zero-strategy-beis.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033990/net-zero-strategy-beis.pdf" } ], "question": "When does the UK plan to be net zero by?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Emission reduction has slowed to a crawl in recent years, with the amount of carbon released falling only 1.5 per cent in 2018 – less than half the fall of 3.2 per cent in 2017.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200922053224/https://labour.org.uk/press/government-set-miss-climate-targets-50-years-corbyn/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200922053224/https://labour.org.uk/press/government-set-miss-climate-targets-50-years-corbyn/" } ], "question": "Has the UK made much progress on becoming net zero?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "just one of 25 vital emissions-cutting policies has been delivered.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200922053224/https://labour.org.uk/press/government-set-miss-climate-targets-50-years-corbyn/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200922053224/https://labour.org.uk/press/government-set-miss-climate-targets-50-years-corbyn/" } ], "question": "Is the Uk likely to achieve its 2050 target?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "emissions in 2018 are estimated to be 43.1% lower than they were in 1990.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201001124054/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/862887/2018_Final_greenhouse_gas_emissions_statistical_release.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201001124054/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/862887/2018_Final_greenhouse_gas_emissions_statistical_release.pdf" } ], "question": "Are the UK's emissions lower now than they were in the past" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Around the world, canines are being trained to detect the whiff of COVID-19 infections.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230504111457/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9" } ], "question": "Can sniffer dogs be used to detect Covid-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Helsinki, Finland", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165144/https://www.dw.com/en/dogs-detect-coronavirus-fast-and-reliably-why-not-use-them-everywhere/a-55340369", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.dw.com/en/dogs-detect-coronavirus-fast-and-reliably-why-not-use-them-everywhere/a-55340369" }, { "answer": "Italy.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165205/https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-10/Italian-dogs-sniff-out-COVID-19--W5iNQDVIFW/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-10/Italian-dogs-sniff-out-COVID-19--W5iNQDVIFW/index.html" } ], "question": "Where have Covid 19 sniffer dogs been trialled?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is variation in how well individual dogs perform, trial groups need to boost their sample sizes before the wider scientific community can evaluate how useful the dogs might be.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9" } ], "question": "Are sniffer dogs being used to detect Covid-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A group in France, led by veterinary scientist Dominique Grandjean at the National Veterinary School of Alfort near Paris, posted its work3 on the preprint server bioRxiv in June. The researchers, who included Sarkis, trained 8 dogs to detect COVID-19 in 198 sweat samples, around half of which were from people with the disease. When these were hidden in a row of negative samples, the dogs identified the positive samples 83–100% of the time. The paper does not say how well the dogs identified negative test results. The research is now under review at a journal, but Grandjean says the process has not been easy. “To publish papers on detection dogs is very difficult because most reviewers do not know anything about working dogs,” he says.\n\nThe data in that study look promising, says Fyodor Urnov, a gene-editing scientist who is working on COVID testing at the University of California, Berkeley. But he would like to see larger data sets on how well dogs identify positive and negative samples. He also notes that there is variation in how well individual dogs perform. In Grandjean’s study, for example, 2 dogs identified 68 out of 68 positive samples, whereas one missed 10 out of 57 cases.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9" } ], "question": "What have studies found about sniffer dogs detecting COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Groups need to boost their sample sizes before the wider scientific community can evaluate how useful the dogs might be, agrees James Logan, an infectious-disease researcher at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who is training and studying COVID-19 dogs, including Storm, Maple and Asher. “It’s important not to go out too early with grand claims and small data sets,” he says.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210509004956mp_/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9" } ], "question": "Do the studies find that using sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19 is useful?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Ewedu leaf (Jute Leaf) is a green, leafy vegetable", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165224/https://kwikfood.ng/blog/post/ewedu--a-meal-with-health-benefits", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://kwikfood.ng/blog/post/ewedu--a-meal-with-health-benefits" } ], "question": "What is ewedu?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Polyphenolic compounds found with anti-tumour potential from ewodu", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960894X16306692" } ], "question": "What health benefits does ewedu have?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Polyphenols may prevent carcinogenesis by affecting the molecular events in the initiation, promotion, and progression stages", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165442/https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.381", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.381" } ], "question": "Do polyphenolic compounds kill cancer?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, it is not a cure but a preventive mechanism. Presence of Vitamin B9 and phenolic compounds in the chemical reactions of DNA is beneficial. These mechanisms though preventative to carcinogenesis, do not pose as a definitive cure.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165510/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/consumption-of-ewedu-can-prevent-cancer-coronary-diseases-nutritionist/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/consumption-of-ewedu-can-prevent-cancer-coronary-diseases-nutritionist/" } ], "question": "Can Ewedu cure cancer ?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied to international trade.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230526133708/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade" } ], "question": "What does free trade mean?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Trade agreements that the UK is part of as an EU member state will no longer apply if there’s a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe UK government is working on new agreements to replace EU trade agreements after Brexit.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230416054839/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries-in-a-no-deal-brexit", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries-in-a-no-deal-brexit" } ], "question": "How would a no deal Brexit affect the UK's trade agreements?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "With no deal, it’s uncertain how much of that we’d have to pay, if anything.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424164207/https://averitec.eu/phase_4", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://averitec.eu/phase_4" } ], "question": "How much would the UK have to pay if there was a no deal Brexit?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK could import goods and services freely following a no-deal Brexit. But its exports would still be subject to other countries’ import regulations.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230424164207/https://averitec.eu/phase_4", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://averitec.eu/phase_4" } ], "question": "Would a no deal brexit mean we would have free trade with the world?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "As a non member of the European Union, the UK would no longer be obliged to follow EU rules on freedom of movement within the member states.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170833/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons" } ], "question": "In what way would the UK have control over immigration if it left the EU with a no deal?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "If UK Prime Minister Theresa May's draft withdrawal agreement was passed the government would end the free movement of people between the UK and EU after the end of the transition period.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165604/https://fullfact.org/europe/brexit-deal-immigration/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://fullfact.org/europe/brexit-deal-immigration/" } ], "question": "What control would the UK have over EU immigration if a withdrawal agreement is passed?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "As a non member of the European Union, the UK would no longer be obliged to follow EU rules on freedom of movement within the member states.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170833/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons" } ], "question": "What would the main difference be from a United Kingdom border that was no longer part of the European Union?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Freedom of movement and residence for persons in the European Union is the cornerstone of EU citizenship, established by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. The gradual phasing-out of internal borders under the Schengen agreements was followed by the adoption of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of EU citizens and their family members to move and reside freely within the EU.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170833/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons" } ], "question": "What does 'freedom of movement' mean in relation to the European Union?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There will no longer be one immigration system for non-Europeans, and another for EU citizens . The future\nsystem will apply in the same way to all nationalities – EU and non-EU citizens alike – except where there are objective grounds to differentiate. \n\nFollowing the advice of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), we will prioritise skilled migrants. A skilled-based migration policy will ensure the UK remains a hub for international talent from the EU and the rest of the world, which attracts people to work in our vibrant and diverse communities in jobs that drive up productivity and wages, and deliver essential services.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf#page=24", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf#page=24" } ], "question": "How would the United Kingdom control immigration upon leaving the EU?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK is not part of the Schengen passport-free area because it hasn’t signed the Schengen agreement.\n\nPart of the Schengen agreement means the 26 signatories agree to not carry out border checks between each other. For example, you can drive from France to Belgium with no checks, because the assumption is that Belgium is happy to let in anyone that France was also happy to let in.\n\nThat’s not the case with the UK. If you travel from France to the UK or vice-versa, your passport will be checked.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165635/https://fullfact.org/europe/brexit-whats-germany-plus-deal/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://fullfact.org/europe/brexit-whats-germany-plus-deal/" } ], "question": "Did the United Kingdom already have powers to control EU immigration pre-Brexit?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "In August 2016 Sadiq appointed Anthony Mayer to carry out a full and independent review of the London Fire Brigade", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165711/https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayors-full-review-of-londons-fire-service", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.london.gov.uk//press-releases/mayoral/mayors-full-review-of-londons-fire-service" } ], "question": "Did Mayor Sadiq Khan carry out a review of the London Fire Brigade?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The report recommended that the budget should not be increased, but that there should be no further reduction either.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165737/https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fire_resources_review_-_7_october_2016.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fire_resources_review_-_7_october_2016.pdf" } ], "question": "What did Anthony Mayer's 2016 report on the London Fire Brigade conclude about funding?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "This is correct. The published report said the London fire brigade \"coped well\" with the funding reductions. and that the budget should not be increased.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608165737/https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fire_resources_review_-_7_october_2016.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fire_resources_review_-_7_october_2016.pdf" } ], "question": "So did Sadiq Khan recommend that the fire brigades budget in London is not increased?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The post was shared on Facebook and Twitter on August 26, 2019.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/mahootna2/status/1165856622247211009,https://perma.cc/BZJ8-K6M7" }, { "answer": "The Chaser published it on their Twitter account on August 26, 2019 with the tweet:\n\nGlad to report that a good chunk of the Australian media's time today has been wasted debunking this photo.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201128200944/https://t.co/CjXyOPxAdP", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201128200944/https://t.co/CjXyOPxAdP" } ], "question": "Which social media sites had photo posted of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison purporting to show him standing isolated during the 2019 G7 Leaders’ Summit in France." }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Chaser was founded in 1999 as a fortnightly satirical newspaper", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328000659/https://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/speakers/the-chaser-team/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/speakers/the-chaser-team/" } ], "question": "Who is Australian's The Chaser?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The image appears to have been taken from video when Morisson and other world leaders stood together for a photo at the G7 summit on August 25, 2019.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170101/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmCxU5ukU4", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmCxU5ukU4" } ], "question": "What was the source of the original photograph?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The image has been photoshopped; it originated as a satirical post but has been shared out of context.\nThe group confirmed in an August 27 email to AFP that they had photoshopped the image.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220720202500im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_xl/public/medias/factchecking/australia/scomo-global.png?itok=OqMBN9sn", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220720202500im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_xl/public/medias/factchecking/australia/scomo-global.png?itok=OqMBN9sn" } ], "question": "Did the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stand all alone during the 2019 G7 Leaders’ Summit in France ?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It was taken at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda where this has been offered to frail or disabled tourists .", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170127/https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/" } ], "question": "Was the image in question shot at the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The porters were paid $300 (£194.31). This was a good fee for the porters and I could tell they they were pleased with the fee as they don’t usually earn that sort of money.\n\nTourists do not take up Porter Services for the sake of it as the service is expensive and the walking makes the gorilla experience more enjoyable.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170127/https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/" } ], "question": "Are the porters paid for their work?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The porter service is more likely to be taken up by tourists with disabilities whose life dream is to see the gorillas or the very elderly most especially the baby boomers with deep pockets and the ability to pay $600 (£388.61) for a day’s gorilla trekking experience.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170127/https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.africaontheblog.org/black-porters-in-ugandas-tourism-industry-services-provision-or-colonialism/" } ], "question": "Who is likely to take up this porter service?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "More than 700 000 people die due to suicide every year.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603125010/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide" } ], "question": "How many people die by suicide each year?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "1,917", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603193629/https://www.online-calculator.com/", "source_medium": "Other", "source_url": "https://www.online-calculator.com/" } ], "question": "What is 700,000 divided by 365?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Running your car's air conditioning is the main contributor to reduced fuel economy in hot weather. Its effect depends on a number of factors, such as the outside temperature, humidity, and intensity of the sun. Under very hot conditions, AC use can reduce a conventional vehicle's fuel economy by more than 25%, particularly on short trips.1,2,3 The AC's effect on hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric vehicles (EVs) can be even larger on a percentage basis.2", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230528120027/https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hotweather.shtml", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hotweather.shtml" } ], "question": "How can the use of air conditioning (AC) in a vehicle reduce fuel consumption?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "... the air conditioning system uses the following parts:\n\nCompressor — compresses the refrigerant into a fluid, so the liquid refrigerant flows through a line to the condenser.\nCondenser — removes the heat from the refrigerant and pushes it along to the expansion valve or orifice tube.\nExpansion valve or orifice tube — returns the refrigerant to its original gaseous state and moves it to the receiver/drier or accumulator.\nReceiver/drier or accumulator — removes moisture from the refrigerant and transfers it to the evaporator.\nEvaporator — pulls heat from the air passing through its core and transfers it into the refrigerant, resulting in cold air flowing beyond the evaporator.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.brentbrowntoyota.com/manufacturer-information/does-car-ac-use-gas/" } ], "question": "How does vehicle air conditioning (AC) work?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "According to the EPA, using your car’s AC can be more efficient while driving at highway speeds than having the windows open. Open windows elevate aerodynamic drag, causing the engine to work harder and burn more fuel.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.brentbrowntoyota.com/manufacturer-information/does-car-ac-use-gas/" } ], "question": "Can using a vehicle's air conditioning (AC) be fuel-efficient?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "As long as the AC is used while driving at highway speeds, the AC won't waste gas.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.brentbrowntoyota.com/manufacturer-information/does-car-ac-use-gas/" } ], "question": "Does a vehicle's air conditioning (AC) waste less gas while driving at highway speeds?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Using the AC in your car does lower your car’s fuel efficiency by an average of 3 miles per gallon depending on the age and size of your car. AC lowers your fuel efficiency because it is diverting energy from the engine to power the car. The fuel to power the AC has to come from somewhere, and the engine is the most efficient way for the AC to get its energy.\n\nIf you’re driving at high speeds, leaving your windows down can actually lower your fuel efficiency more than using your AC would. Lowering your windows can lower your fuel efficiency because the wind entering your car creates a drag that forces your car to work harder to get to the same speed if the windows were rolled up.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210618033830/https://uniqueautobody.com/2017/06/car-myth-debunked-does-running-the-ac-use-gas/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210618033830/https://uniqueautobody.com/2017/06/car-myth-debunked-does-running-the-ac-use-gas/" } ], "question": "Does using your car's AC consume more fuel" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This quote was reported by the Guardian in 2014", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160848/http://apn.org.ng/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160848/http://apn.org.ng/" }, { "answer": "This quote was reported by the Guardian in 2014", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170706/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service" }, { "answer": "The proportion of foreign nationals increases for professionally qualified clinical staff (14%) and even more so for doctors (26%), prompting the British Medical Association (BMA) to observe that without the contribution of non-British staff, \"many NHS services would struggle to provide effective care to their patients\".", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170706/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service" } ], "question": "Where did the British Medical Association say this?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "December 2018\n“Freedom of movement has allowed the thousands of staff from Europe – from doctors, nurses and care workers to hospital porters and cleaners – to come to the UK and provide valuable service in our NHS, and today’s plans to restrict immigration could be potentially devastating to patient care and the wider health and social care sector.\"", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170801/https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2018/december/tighter-immigration-rules-are-potentially-devastating-for-nhs-says-bma" } ], "question": "Has the BMA made more recent comments about this?" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Coronaviruses form a large family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses. They include the common cold as well as more serious diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and, more recently, COVID-19.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230401132928/https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/about-coronaviruses", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/about-coronaviruses" } ], "question": "Is Coronavirus the same as a common cold?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Covid-19 is a respiratory illness caused by the strain of coronavirus that first emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. This strain of coronavirus hadn’t been seen in humans before.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170830/https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-symptoms-cold-flu-or-coronavirus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-symptoms-cold-flu-or-coronavirus" } ], "question": "What is the Wuhan Coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Colds are caused by many different viruses, but most commonly a rhinovirus or a coronavirus. A cold only affects your upper respiratory tract (your nose and throat), not your lungs. Because of this a cold is often referred to as a \"head cold\". Colds usually aren't serious.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170830/https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-symptoms-cold-flu-or-coronavirus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-symptoms-cold-flu-or-coronavirus" } ], "question": "What is the common cold?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It is more contagious than the cold, as it had a longer incubation time and the antibodies do not work well against in", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230415161620/https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/11/why-is-covid-more-contagious-than-flu", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/11/why-is-covid-more-contagious-than-flu" } ], "question": "Is the Wuhan coronavirus more contageous than the common cold?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "A National Audit Office (NAO) report in July found that 48,000 asylum seekers were being provided with accommodation by the government in March 2020.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7" } ], "question": "How many asylum seekers were in the UK in 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In July 2020 an average of 2,800 asylum seekers were housed in temporary initial accommodation which included hotels. The NAO report does not describe the quality of the hotels being used.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7" }, { "answer": "In July 2020 an average of 2,800 asylum seekers were housed in temporary initial accommodation which included hotels. Of the 2,800 in initial accommodation, “more than 1,000” were in contingency accommodation, which includes hotels. The NAO report does not describe the quality of the hotels being used.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192517/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Asylum-accommodation-and-support.pdf#page=7" } ], "question": "How many asylum seekers in the UK in 2020 were housed in 4 or 5 star hotels?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Consultation", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "there is no evidence that 5G is harmful to humans. 5G is the next generation of wireless network technology, following on from 4G. Like 4G, 3G and 2G before it, 5G mobile data is transmitted over radio waves—a small part of the whole electromagnetic spectrum (which includes microwaves, visible light and X-rays).", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7883#fullreport", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7883#fullreport" } ], "question": "Is there any evidence that 5g is harmful to humans?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "These radio waves are non-ionising, meaning they don’t damage the DNA inside cells, as X-rays, gamma rays and UV rays are able to do. 5G, although at slightly higher frequencies than previous networks, is still in this radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum.\n\nPublic Health England has said that there’s no “convincing evidence” that exposure below International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation guidelines can cause adverse health effects. These guidelines go up to 300GHz, whereas the maximum for 5G will probably only be in the tens of GHz.\n\nThere is no evidence that 5G can damage the immune system.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html" }, { "answer": "These radio waves are non-ionising, meaning they don’t damage the DNA inside cells, as X-rays, gamma rays and UV rays are able to do. 5G, although at slightly higher frequencies than previous networks, is still in this radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum.\n\nPublic Health England has said that there’s no “convincing evidence” that exposure below International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation guidelines can cause adverse health effects. These guidelines go up to 300GHz, whereas the maximum for 5G will probably only be in the tens of GHz.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html" } ], "question": "Are the radio waves transmitted by 5g damaging to the body?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is no evidence that 5G can damage the immune system.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041324/https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html" } ], "question": "Is there evidence, that 5G damages the human system?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "orientaltimes.in", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608170916/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2294787220829573&set=gm.2343839492413420&type=3&theater", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2294787220829573&set=gm.2343839492413420&type=3&theater" } ], "question": "What was the website url that the claim appeared on?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No. The website does not exist.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171024/https://orientaltimes.in/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://orientaltimes.in/" } ], "question": "Does that website url load?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Has Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan slammed the Modi-government for not paying enough attention to Rohingya Muslims?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No the story is fake/fabricated.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221123192915im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screenshot-2020-06-03-at-11.18.51.png", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221123192915im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screenshot-2020-06-03-at-11.18.51.png" } ], "question": "Have any other news outlets covered the story?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Dr. Marc Gilinov, a cardiovascular surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, a hospital in the US state of Ohio, examined the claim that drinking water a specific times of the day has particular health benefits. He wrote in this debunk, “There is no data to suggest that ‘when’ you drink matters.” He advised choosing water over soda, and cautioned, “Don’t schedule your drinking according to a fictitious claim that the time you drink it matters.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200831120829/https://health.clevelandclinic.org/myth-or-truth-a-closer-look-at-your-heart-health/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200831120829/https://health.clevelandclinic.org/myth-or-truth-a-closer-look-at-your-heart-health/" }, { "answer": "A glass of water before sleeping can help to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.beltone.com/en-us/blog/2016/september/prevent-a-heart-attack--3-practical-pointers" } ], "question": "is there any data that drinking water before bed is better than drinking it at any other time?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "This large study of Californians published in 2002 found that high daily water intake (5 or more glasses) resulted in lower risk for fatal coronary heart disease than for people who had low daily water intake (2 or fewer glasses). The study did not record what time of day people were drinking the water.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201227050241/https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/155/9/827/58224", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201227050241/https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/155/9/827/58224" } ], "question": "Is there evidence that drinking a high water intake will reduce the risk of heart attacks?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A study in the American Journal of Medical Epidemiology found that participants who drink five or more glasses of plain water per day have a lower risk for fatal coronary heart disease,", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.beltone.com/en-us/blog/2016/september/prevent-a-heart-attack--3-practical-pointers" } ], "question": "Is drinking water generally good for heart health?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The European Communities Act 1972 was the piece of legislation that brought the UK into the Europe Union: it gives EU law supremacy over UK national law.\n\nA large amount of EU law effective in the UK currently relies on the 1972 Act.\n\nThe Act is repealed by the EU Withdrawal Act 2018", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171413/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/european-communities-act-1972", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/european-communities-act-1972" } ], "question": "Would a no deal Brexit remove the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The European Court of Human Rights, judicial organ of the Council of Europe,\nexamines applications from individuals, but also inter-State applications, lodged by\na State against another State party to the Convention. Currently 47 countries have\nundertaken to secure fundamental rights and freedoms, not only to their nationals\nbut to everyone, even non-Europeans, within their jurisdiction.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230526172943/https://echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_Instrument_ENG.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_Instrument_ENG.pdf" } ], "question": "What is the European Court of Human Rights?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Council of Europe (CoE) is a pan-European organisation of 46 member states, including all 27 member states of the European Union. The United Kingdom was one of the founding members. Set up shortly after the end of the Second World War, the CoE’s core mission is to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law across the continent.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512135331/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/uk-delegation-to-the-council-of-europe", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/uk-delegation-to-the-council-of-europe" } ], "question": "What is the Council of Europe?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The UK will continue to be a member of the European Court of Human Rights after Brexit because its jurisdiction has nothing to do with the EU", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210612212508/https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-and-human-rights/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210612212508/https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-and-human-rights/" }, { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Even if the UK leaves the European Union, it is still a participant in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230314225628/https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7e0577d5-e617-471a-8e00-5c964741965c", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7e0577d5-e617-471a-8e00-5c964741965c" } ], "question": "Would a no-deal Brexit remove the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171458/https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/?fbclid=IwAR34cxz4JzcrWcVNvKbQemnWJhDMhKplZLzOXufNSCuRgvLcvkH0G4MpPaE" } ], "question": "Who manages the NHS supply chain?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The company is wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care who provides direction to the Company through his appointed director on the Board and by a letter of entrustment.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171458/https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/?fbclid=IwAR34cxz4JzcrWcVNvKbQemnWJhDMhKplZLzOXufNSCuRgvLcvkH0G4MpPaE" } ], "question": "Who owns SCCL?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "21/04/2020", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171546/https://www.facebook.com/ThePeoplesAssembly/photos/a.514093348658560/3032689456798924/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAWbGcB6sIRVNYgBjUTagTHfmIZNyWO7ZB7Fr3rLUo9-Z-GKS31UpqjNZSY2vwFv1cVmoPLqcuSXHhtlJ3zVcIrUdsas6WCQdwqW1EeZoOzJ3QTIWqd7WgiAj_FxYJREPOY4ugRdTA3cq1-IU-1VQJFN7LXAYNJW5cmees9D58ANO_pGJIMRrdhsbSgiujUK6ZDy0Z_neZMbqOwAh3i-ceiky07os4eBtnLy2x47Jq70hLbn7QxB8y3pS_Foyg2NXH5J2d8vS-zo6XMOtoluY2ShyldTdSvquVPMghC4Pps6iJDyVa8Q78lsddaxxF1brH4YA", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/ThePeoplesAssembly/photos/a.514093348658560/3032689456798924/?type=3&__xts__[0]=68.ARAWbGcB6sIRVNYgBjUTagTHfmIZNyWO7ZB7Fr3rLUo9-Z-GKS31UpqjNZSY2vwFv1cVmoPLqcuSXHhtlJ3zVcIrUdsas6WCQdwqW1EeZoOzJ3QTIWqd7WgiAj_FxYJREPOY4ugRdTA3cq1-IU-1VQJFN7LXAYNJW5cmees9D58ANO_pGJIMRrdhsbSgiujUK6ZDy0Z_neZMbqOwAh3i-ceiky07os4eBtnLy2x47Jq70hLbn7QxB8y3pS_Foyg2NXH5J2d8vS-zo6XMOtoluY2ShyldTdSvquVPMghC4Pps6iJDyVa8Q78lsddaxxF1brH4YA" } ], "question": "When was this claim made?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Matt Hancock.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230508065513/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care#Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care_(2018%E2%80%93present)" } ], "question": "Who was Secretary of State for Health in April 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The company is wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care who provides direction to the Company through his appointed director on the Board and by a letter of entrustment a copy of which can be found here.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200508075853/https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/?fbclid=IwAR34cxz4JzcrWcVNvKbQemnWJhDMhKplZLzOXufNSCuRgvLcvkH0G4MpPaE", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200508075853/https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/?fbclid=IwAR34cxz4JzcrWcVNvKbQemnWJhDMhKplZLzOXufNSCuRgvLcvkH0G4MpPaE" } ], "question": "Is SCCL owned by a particular individual" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "£1 billion", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514070940/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-supply-of-personal-protective-equipment-PPE-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-supply-of-personal-protective-equipment-PPE-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf" }, { "answer": "The total value of PPE contracts awarded by government departments\nbetween January and July 2020 was £12.3 billion", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514070940/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-supply-of-personal-protective-equipment-PPE-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-supply-of-personal-protective-equipment-PPE-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf" } ], "question": "How much was given by the UK government to companies for the purchase of PPEs" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Chief Operating Officer of Ayanda Capitol Ltd said that their contract was successfully fulfilled.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201221041307/https://www.facebook.com/TheSocialistWay/photos/a.166738903872691/709516092928300/?type=3&__xts__%5b0%5d=68.ARAdEhQ-Zl2AGsYSP12WB60XFUMAauD4UhI6MqwNfid5lLKZfDKrFajewlDls0OIO1e6IBZsApNv70Xt0-OhIl_T6pU0p4nT0fB1NcU7sLUnRDrW_D30ozNmE5siefJffgb9Uat5zFe0WqjhjgSDPqOZc2ShVN3oR-DvSC9BUD94fMG7KPIwgsBjp_-MY4cDBTYh7mR_8oerZ7-I07xEkFBf8NNixJusCJykFK2PT2FH70Vb5L0TnVXr6uQmXUJ_vMgiHY2J4pbFwNOW0suasbv0ezze4TpsBAxrGvoXE4pdik8vSjmLc_thE7xIk5kGu71g", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": 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"question": "What Companies doe s the claim say did not deliver the PPE paid for?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Did any company's listed in the claim not deliver the promised PPE?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "£4 billion of unusable PPE bought in first year of pandemic was tobe burnt “to generate power”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230519110956/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/171306/4-billion-of-unusable-ppe-bought-in-first-year-of-pandemic-will-be-burnt-to-generate-power/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": 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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "It has no effect on it", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171626/https://news.knowledia.com/GB/en/articles/mixing-baby-oil-and-iodine-won-t-remove-body-hair-5827b4e44ae23c8a68d2c6bd087122da86b91a98", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://news.knowledia.com/GB/en/articles/mixing-baby-oil-and-iodine-won-t-remove-body-hair-5827b4e44ae23c8a68d2c6bd087122da86b91a98" } ], "question": "Does baby oil and iodine have effect on body hair" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Blogger tried it and it didn't work.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20170329012908/http://beautybakes1.blogspot.com/2013/10/diy-no-shave-hair-removal-test.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20170329012908/http://beautybakes1.blogspot.com/2013/10/diy-no-shave-hair-removal-test.html" }, { "answer": "Which leads me into why I don't believe this is even remotely plausible as a pin. You see, it's common for surgeons to scrub an area before surgery with iodine. If iodine was such a remarkable hair remover, why would they bother doing pre-op shaving? Anyone who has had surgery on an area with hair growth can tell you that the area is shaved before hand. Wouldn't doctors, of all people, look for time-saving methods and skip the shaving if iodine could double as an antiseptic AND hair remover?", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230608171645/http://nodontpinthat.blogspot.com/2014/06/iodine-and-baby-oil-hair-remover.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "http://nodontpinthat.blogspot.com/2014/06/iodine-and-baby-oil-hair-remover.html" } ], "question": "Can you use baby oil and iodine to remove body hair?" } ]