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Pallavi Sethi

Senior Fact-Checker, U.K.

Pallavi is a senior fact-checker based in London. Before joining Logically Facts, she pursued a Master's in Media in Development from SOAS University of London. She is enthusiastic about the growing role of new media in political communications and surveillance, as well as the transnational use of digital media by dissenters. In her free time, she likes to go hiking with her dog.

Latest Fact Checks by Pallavi Sethi

Ethylene oxide used for sterilizing COVID-19 lateral flow tests poses no risk to public safety
Health-Covid

Ethylene oxide used for sterilizing COVID-19 lateral flow tests poses no risk to public safety
Video of Israeli forces detaining Palestinian ambulance falsely linked to the Israel-Hamas war
Geopolitical-Conflict

Video of Israeli forces detaining Palestinian ambulance falsely linked to the Israel-Hamas war
Hole in Ireland's Portmarnock Beach is a hand-dug sandpit, not a crater from a cosmic event
Media-Entertainment

Hole in Ireland's Portmarnock Beach is a hand-dug sandpit, not a crater from a cosmic event
Recent U.K. airport technical failure was not a deliberate attempt to stop people from traveling
Climate-Policies Conspiracies-General

Recent U.K. airport technical failure was not a deliberate attempt to stop people from traveling
Video makes false allegations that the 2016 Brussels bombings were staged
Conspiracies-General

Video makes false allegations that the 2016 Brussels bombings were staged
Video alleging that Russia destroyed NATO weapons is a video game clip
Geopolitical-General Geopolitical-Conflict

Video alleging that Russia destroyed NATO weapons is a video game clip
COVID-19 is not an ethnically targeted bioweapon
Health-General Health-Covid

COVID-19 is not an ethnically targeted bioweapon
There is no evidence that the CIA or any U.S. organization sponsored the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine
Geopolitical-Conflict

There is no evidence that the CIA or any U.S. organization sponsored the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine
The COVID-19 pandemic was a public health emergency, not a sinister plot to control people's lives
Health-Covid

The COVID-19 pandemic was a public health emergency, not a sinister plot to control people's lives
A statement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was taken out of context by the Russian Embassy in London
Geopolitical-Conflict Geopolitical-Policy

A statement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was taken out of context by the Russian Embassy in London
Underwired bras do not compress lymph nodes or cause toxins to build up in the breast tissue
Health-General

Underwired bras do not compress lymph nodes or cause toxins to build up in the breast tissue
Cloud seeding does not cause climate change
Climate-General Climate-People Climate-Policies

Cloud seeding does not cause climate change
The U.S. military has not confirmed 5G causes COVID-19
Conspiracies-5G Health-Covid

The U.S. military has not confirmed 5G causes COVID-19
You will not receive alerts if you opt out of the upcoming U.K. emergency alert
Climate-Events Events-General

You will not receive alerts if you opt out of the upcoming U.K. emergency alert
False: The COVID-19 pandemic was manufactured by authoritarian elites to kill people.
Conspiracies-World Economic Forum Health-Covid

False: The COVID-19 pandemic was manufactured by authoritarian elites to kill people.
False: The U.K.’s digital identity program wants to destroy individual freedom and liberty.
Conspiracies-World Economic Forum Politics-Policy Tech-General

False: The U.K.’s digital identity program wants to destroy individual freedom and liberty.
False: WEF's smart cities initiative will track and limit people's daily activities and spending
Economics-WEF Conspiracies-World Economic Forum Tech-General Tech-Social-Media

False: WEF's smart cities initiative will track and limit people's daily activities and spending
Misleading: The Dutch government will expropriate 3000 farms before 2030.
Climate-Policies Politics-Policy

Misleading: The Dutch government will expropriate 3000 farms before 2030.
False: Under the 15-minute neighborhood plan, residents need the City Council's permission to travel across Oxford.
Climate-Policies Conspiracies-New World Order Human Rights-General Politics-Policy

False: Under the 15-minute neighborhood plan, residents need the City Council's permission to travel across Oxford.
False: Women over 40 are eligible for a $500 grocery credit at Walmart.
Economics-Business Tech-Social-Media

False: Women over 40 are eligible for a $500 grocery credit at Walmart.
False: The World Economic Forum wants to impose climate lockdowns through carbon allowance programs.
Climate-General Climate-Policies Conspiracies-World Economic Forum

False: The World Economic Forum wants to impose climate lockdowns through carbon allowance programs.
False: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have transhumanism technology that can genetically modify us.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have transhumanism technology that can genetically modify us.
False: The Federal Reserve will issue a digital currency and automatically convert old USD to digital USD.
Economics-General Politics-General Tech-General

False: The Federal Reserve will issue a digital currency and automatically convert old USD to digital USD.
False: The Qatari government killed Grant Wahl, an American sports Journalist, for wearing an LGBTQ T-shirt.
Human Rights-Gender Media-Sports Politics-General

False: The Qatari government killed Grant Wahl, an American sports Journalist, for wearing an LGBTQ T-shirt.
Misleading: Lockdowns have caused an increase in Strep A infections in children.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Lockdowns have caused an increase in Strep A infections in children.
False: U.S. Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows a dramatic increase in medical diagnoses following the vaccine in 2021.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: U.S. Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows a dramatic increase in medical diagnoses following the vaccine in 2021.
False: Black smoke emerging from an electric car disrupted a football game.
Events-General Media-Sports Tech-General

False: Black smoke emerging from an electric car disrupted a football game.
False: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a health clinic in Tennessee that provides transgender care, is
Health-General Human Rights-Gender

False: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a health clinic in Tennessee that provides transgender care, is "mutilating" minors.
False: Contrails that don't dissipate instantly are proof that chemtrails exist.
Climate-General Conspiracies-General

False: Contrails that don't dissipate instantly are proof that chemtrails exist.
False: American Special Forces have arrested Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Conspiracies-General Politics-People

False: American Special Forces have arrested Dr. Anthony Fauci.
False: Yuval Noah Harari has a plan to control people with “organism hacking.”
Conspiracies-General Conspiracies-Depopulation Conspiracies-World Economic Forum

False: Yuval Noah Harari has a plan to control people with “organism hacking.”
False: Players for FC Dynamo Kyiv have joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Geopolitical-Conflict Media-Sports

False: Players for FC Dynamo Kyiv have joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
False: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declares Martial Law.
Events-Activism Politics-Policy

False: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declares Martial Law.
False: PCR tests cannot detect COVID-19 infections.
Health-Covid Tech-General

False: PCR tests cannot detect COVID-19 infections.
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are no longer effective as infection rates are lowest among the unvaccinated in Scotland.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are no longer effective as infection rates are lowest among the unvaccinated in Scotland.
False: The COVID-19 vaccination drive is government propaganda to instill fear in people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-Social-Media

False: The COVID-19 vaccination drive is government propaganda to instill fear in people.
False: The only
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The only "pure" humans remaining on Earth are the unvaccinated as COVID-19 vaccines alter a person's DNA.
False: In the U.K., only 17,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the last two years.
Health-Covid

False: In the U.K., only 17,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the last two years.
False: Monoclonal antibody treatments work against all variants of COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Monoclonal antibody treatments work against all variants of COVID-19.
False: Fully vaccinated adults under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Fully vaccinated adults under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people.
Misleading: Cannabis can cure cancer.
Health-General

Misleading: Cannabis can cure cancer.
False: BBC Presenter Stephan Nolan called Novak Djokovic a
Media-General Media-Sports Tech-Social-Media

False: BBC Presenter Stephan Nolan called Novak Djokovic a "threat to health services."
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines don't work because most people in U.K. hospitals with the virus are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines don't work because most people in U.K. hospitals with the virus are vaccinated.
False: It is safer to get COVID-19 than take a vaccine against the virus.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: It is safer to get COVID-19 than take a vaccine against the virus.
False: More people are dying from the COVID-19 vaccine than from the virus.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: More people are dying from the COVID-19 vaccine than from the virus.
Misleading: The Scottish Police allow rapists to self-identify as women.
Human Rights-Gender Politics-Policy

Misleading: The Scottish Police allow rapists to self-identify as women.
COVID-19 vaccines cause unexplained illnesses.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines cause unexplained illnesses.
Misleading: Only people with COVID-19 vaccination are getting admitted to the ICUs in Belgium.
Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Only people with COVID-19 vaccination are getting admitted to the ICUs in Belgium.
Misleading: Keir Starmer refused to charge Jimmy Savile, an English DJ who sexually abused children.
Human Rights-General Media-Celebrities Politics-People

Misleading: Keir Starmer refused to charge Jimmy Savile, an English DJ who sexually abused children.
False: Vitamin D, zinc, ivermectin, and hydroxychloroquine can cure hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Health-Covid

False: Vitamin D, zinc, ivermectin, and hydroxychloroquine can cure hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
False: In Californian women's prisons, transgender women have impregnated cisgender women.
Human Rights-General Human Rights-Gender

False: In Californian women's prisons, transgender women have impregnated cisgender women.
Misleading: In 1918, no one who took part in Joseph Pilates’ training program caught the Spanish Flu.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

Misleading: In 1918, no one who took part in Joseph Pilates’ training program caught the Spanish Flu.
Partly_True: The recent surge in wholesale gas prices in the U.K. is due to Brexit.
Economics-General Politics-General

Partly_True: The recent surge in wholesale gas prices in the U.K. is due to Brexit.
False: A global government wants to control the minds and bodies of people through the COVID-19 vaccination program.
Conspiracies-New World Order Conspiracies-World Economic Forum Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: A global government wants to control the minds and bodies of people through the COVID-19 vaccination program.
Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
False: A paper in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation gives evidence that mRNA vaccines cause heart damage.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: A paper in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation gives evidence that mRNA vaccines cause heart damage.
Misleading: The rising COVID-19 infections in Gibraltar prove that vaccines are ineffective.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The rising COVID-19 infections in Gibraltar prove that vaccines are ineffective.
False: You are at greater risk from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19 itself.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: You are at greater risk from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19 itself.
False: COVID-19 is a rebrand of the seasonal flu.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 is a rebrand of the seasonal flu.
Misleading: A Nashville woman was permanently paralyzed after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: A Nashville woman was permanently paralyzed after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
False: Thomas Hughes, the killer of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, has been attacked in prison.
Health-General Events-General

False: Thomas Hughes, the killer of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, has been attacked in prison.
False: Face masks don't reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Face masks don't reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
False: Dr. Anthony Fauci admits that vaccine's don't work against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Dr. Anthony Fauci admits that vaccine's don't work against COVID-19.
False: Japan has approved ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients.
Health-Covid

False: Japan has approved ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients.
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as vaccinated people are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as vaccinated people are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people.
Misleading: The COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people admitted to hospitals with the virus are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people admitted to hospitals with the virus are vaccinated.
Misleading: People need five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be fully immunized.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: People need five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be fully immunized.
False: Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. exposes a major Hollywood pedophile ring.
Conspiracies-General Conspiracies-New World Order Media-Celebrities

False: Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. exposes a major Hollywood pedophile ring.
Misleading: Currently, there is no shortage of fuel or truck drivers in the U.K.
Economics-Business Politics-General

Misleading: Currently, there is no shortage of fuel or truck drivers in the U.K.
Misleading: Vaccines are ineffective as vaccinated individuals are just as infectious as unvaccinated individuals.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Vaccines are ineffective as vaccinated individuals are just as infectious as unvaccinated individuals.
False: Neither the PCR tests nor the lateral flow tests are effective in detecting COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Neither the PCR tests nor the lateral flow tests are effective in detecting COVID-19.
Misleading: Immunity from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine weakens after two months. After five and seven months, it is only 20 percent effective.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Immunity from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine weakens after two months. After five and seven months, it is only 20 percent effective.
False: The use of Ivermectin has resulted in zero deaths in India.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The use of Ivermectin has resulted in zero deaths in India.
Misleading: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison blames citizens for COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths.
Health-Covid Politics-People

Misleading: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison blames citizens for COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths.
True: U.K. adults under 30 have been advised to take an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: U.K. adults under 30 have been advised to take an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
False: Muslim migrants from Syria are invading Europe and destroying countries.
Geopolitical-General Human Rights-Race Human Rights-Religion

False: Muslim migrants from Syria are invading Europe and destroying countries.
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe as they are unlicensed experimental injections.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe as they are unlicensed experimental injections.
Misleading: The Pfizer mRNA vaccine has killed more people than any other vaccine in the 30-year history of VAERS.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The Pfizer mRNA vaccine has killed more people than any other vaccine in the 30-year history of VAERS.
False: Full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine would result in large-scale loss of life.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: Full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine would result in large-scale loss of life.
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy injections that lack safety data for 16-and 17-year-olds.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy injections that lack safety data for 16-and 17-year-olds.
False: Researchers approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children in a rush.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Researchers approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children in a rush.
False: Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic are ineffective.
Health-Covid

False: Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic are ineffective.
False: Messenger RNA vaccines are not vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Messenger RNA vaccines are not vaccines.
True: Thousands of people are protesting against the COVID-19 vaccination pass in Paris.
Events-Activism Health-Vaccines

True: Thousands of people are protesting against the COVID-19 vaccination pass in Paris.
False: The incubation period of COVID-19 is longer for children than adults.
Health-Covid

False: The incubation period of COVID-19 is longer for children than adults.
False: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduces your life expectancy by five to ten years.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduces your life expectancy by five to ten years.
False: Despite fully vaccinating 59 percent of the population, the U.K. currently has a higher COVID-19 caseload than India, which has vaccinated 3 percent of its people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Despite fully vaccinating 59 percent of the population, the U.K. currently has a higher COVID-19 caseload than India, which has vaccinated 3 percent of its people.
True: COVID-19 patients testing positive after recovery can’t transmit the virus to others.
Health-Covid

True: COVID-19 patients testing positive after recovery can’t transmit the virus to others.
False: The COVID vaccine
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The COVID vaccine "death wave" will kill the vaccinated and hunt the unvaccinated.
True: The UN has stated that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Geopolitical-Conflict Human Rights-General

True: The UN has stated that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Misleading: 62 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the U.K. are among people who are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: 62 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the U.K. are among people who are vaccinated.
Misleading: People over the age of 50 who are unvaccinated account for just 10% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.K.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: People over the age of 50 who are unvaccinated account for just 10% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.K.
True: Passengers from red list countries are mixing with those from green list countries at Heathrow airport in the U.K.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Passengers from red list countries are mixing with those from green list countries at Heathrow airport in the U.K.
True: Instagram and Twitter removed Palestinian posts reporting evictions in East Jerusalem.
Geopolitical-Conflict Tech-Social-Media

True: Instagram and Twitter removed Palestinian posts reporting evictions in East Jerusalem.
True: The World Health Organization said that the U.K. has the largest caseload of COVID-19 B.1.617 variant outside India.
Health-Covid

True: The World Health Organization said that the U.K. has the largest caseload of COVID-19 B.1.617 variant outside India.
Partly_True: Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the US President, said he was
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Partly_True: Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the US President, said he was "really quite agnostic" on COVID-19 vaccine patent waivers.
True: Budget cuts across London have reached at least £35 million.
Economics-General Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Budget cuts across London have reached at least £35 million.
Unverifiable: Boris Johnson is lying about the costs of refurbishing of his Downing Street flat.
Politics-People

Unverifiable: Boris Johnson is lying about the costs of refurbishing of his Downing Street flat.
Misleading: Eight percent of people are responsible for 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in India
Health-Covid

Misleading: Eight percent of people are responsible for 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in India
True: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused of breaking the pre-election purdah rules for the 2021 London mayoral election.
Politics-Elections

True: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused of breaking the pre-election purdah rules for the 2021 London mayoral election.
True: West Bengal ranks number one in tea productivity.
Events-General

True: West Bengal ranks number one in tea productivity.
True: Joe Biden withdrew support for a lawsuit in Connecticut seeking to ban transgender students from taking part in sports.
Human Rights-Religion Media-Sports Politics-General

True: Joe Biden withdrew support for a lawsuit in Connecticut seeking to ban transgender students from taking part in sports.
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Politics-Elections Politics-People

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Conspiracies-General

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Politics-Elections

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Conspiracies-New World Order Politics-General

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Conspiracies-General Politics-General

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Climate-Policies

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Conspiracies-General

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Conspiracies-General

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