Footage of children attacking a man in police uniform is ‘not genuine’, Kent Police says
7 Aug 2020 | Facts and news from Full Fact
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This week, we came across several viral videos which show a group of children surrounding a prone police officer, while pelting him with eggs.
There were a number of clues giving away the location of the video. One Facebook account gives the location as ‘Gravesend estate’, and there are signs visible in the background for a Kent-based estate agents.
This suggests that, if the videos showed a real assault, it would be a Kent police matter. We contacted Kent police to ask if it was real, and a spokesperson confirmed there had been “no such incidents”.
They added that “the video is understood not to be genuine.”
Although it is not clear who created the videos, one was shared by a Facebook page owned by Trollstation, which has said it specialises in “bizarre and often surreal pranks” and describes its content as “intentionally provocative and controversial with the aim to get reactions from the general public in the name of comedic satire and entertainment.”
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** No, most face masks can’t make you breathe in too much carbon dioxide ([link removed])
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We’ve seen posts on Facebook claiming or implying that face masks can be harmful, because they force the wearer to breathe in too much carbon dioxide—which can lead to a condition known as hypercapnia.
For most masks and face coverings this is not true. Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor of the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Nottingham has described these claims as “malicious misinformation”.
In rare cases, this might happen when wearing certain medical respirators, known as N95 masks in the US and FFP2 masks here in the UK.
Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine at the University of East Anglia, added: “There are studies that show, with an N95 mask, some people have an elevated blood carbon dioxide level, [but] that does not apply to ordinary surgical masks, and it sure as heck doesn’t apply to other types of face covering.”
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Last month, we spotted a dubious accusation made by Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, against the current Mayor, Sadiq Khan.
He tweeted: “By deciding to increase the Congestion Charge, @SadiqKhan put politics above London’s economic recovery after Covid. Mr Mayor, just reverse it.”
It is true that London’s congestion charge has gone up, from its pre-pandemic level of £11.50 to £15.
But Mr Bailey failed to mention that, as a condition of a £1.9 billion bailout for Transport for London, the government stipulated that Mr Khan had to not only reintroduce the charge (it was briefly suspended to support key workers), but also “urgently bring forward proposals to widen the scope and levels of these charges.”
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