Full Fact's Fact Blast - August 7th 2021

A week of impartial fact checks in one quick blast.


  • The rules on medical consent for Covid vaccines for teens
  • The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up
  • And the cost of NHS Test and Trace in its first year was £13.5bn


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