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Debunking Coronavirus Myths for 11 Minutes Straight – TLDR News
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There’s a lot of nonsense online about the Coronavirus, so we wanted to do our bit a debunk a whole bunch of myths, lies, and craziness about COVID-19. So in this video we’re going to explain why 26 commonly believed myths about the Coronavirus are indeed… well myths.
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Is Early Retirement Hurting the Economy?
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With older people falling out of work sooner than ever, many are beginning to question if early retirement is actually hurting the UK economy. So let’s unpack the trend as well as Jeremy Hunt’s plan to get old people back into work
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How to Fix Brexit (Without Rejoining the EU)
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Brexit isn’t going quite to plan and the oven-ready Brexit deal may have not been properly baked, with polls suggesting that most Brits view it as a mistake and would rejoin the EU if given the chance. In this video, we take a look at potential solutions to Brexit and whether any of these solutions could help.
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1 – https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/freedom-of-movement-leavers-remainers/
2 – https://omnisis.co.uk/polls/sound-as-a-euro-one-in-four-brits-would-welcome-euro-as-part-of-eu-re-join-deal/
3 – https://omnisis.co.uk/polls/sound-as-a-euro-one-in-four-brits-would-welcome-euro-as-part-of-eu-re-join-deal/
4 – https://obr.uk/box/the-latest-evidence-on-the-impact-of-brexit-on-uk-trade/
5 – https://www.institute.global/insights/geopolitics-and-security/fixing-brexit-new-agenda-new-partnership-european-union
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Can Burnham Actually Ditch First-Past-the-Post?
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In this video we explore Burnham’s promise to implement a more representative electoral system in the UK but will he actually succeed where countless other governments have failed – and actually change the voting system?
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History of Electoral Reform
Idox Group Electoral Reform: A Never Ending Story?
https://www.idoxgroup.com/insights/electoral-reform-a-never-ending-story/
BBC News Opposing Voting Reform ‘Selfish’ and ‘Immoral’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41775307
UK in a Changing Europe Electoral Reform: the State of Debate and Future Prospects
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/electoral-reform-the-state-of-debate-and-future-prospects/
Make Votes Matter 2024 Was Our Least Representative Election Ever
News Articles
Electoral Reform Society Prime Minister Announces Manifesto Pledge at Labour Conference
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference
The Guardian Labour MPs Will Push Burnham to back Voting Reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-first-past-the-post
Labour List Majority of MPs Back Review of Voting System
https://labourlist.org/2026/08/majority-labour-mps-review-voting-system/
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Parliament UK Alex Sobel Amendment
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247
Labour Andy Burnham Conference Speech Transcript
Polling
YouGov Should We Change Our Current British Voting System
https://yougov.com/en-gb/trackers/should-we-change-our-current-british-voting-system
More in Common September MRP Poll
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Could Another Brexit Debate End Farage?
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Nigel Farage said Andy Burnham’s comments about potentially rejoining the EU had given him “the biggest boost in [his] career”. We look at why — even if it seems counter-intuitive — another Brexit debate could actually hurt Farage.
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Farage responds to Burnham’s decision to reopen EU debate
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/30/andy-burnham-uk-could-go-all-the-way-rejoining-eu
British public sentiment on the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54925-what-do-britons-think-of-brexit-10-years-since-the-referendum
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54567-how-strong-is-uk-support-for-rejoining-the-european-union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/half-want-to-rejoin-eu-and-backing-it-could-drive-up-labour-vote-megapoll-finds
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-politico-poll-britons-want-to-get-closer-to-the-eu-and-even-farages-voters-agree/
Economic impact of Brexit
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impact-on-the-uk-economy/
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-brexit-affected-business-investment-in-the-uk
Reform UK crises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly020edl45o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
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@TLDRnews
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
If you see anyone online sharing any of these myths, we've made individual videos debunking every myth. So find the relevant one in the playlist and send it right over to them! – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9zPc4IBEBcjdaLgJ6nqczlobFiW0ggL
@rudyvillalta8578
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Lab theory still a myth??
@HusseinAbdi-lf5oc
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@vincentdolphin8466
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Ur saying that tha fact it came from a lab is a conspiracy, yet people and goverment are actually looking into it now. So instead of thinking u know everything just cause u looked at a few sources from scientist, just be open minded and think about the fact that alot of things are fake and real, and that goes for me too.
@MelbourneMeMe
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
So, turns out it probably came from a lab… Time to revise your debunk?
@VodShod
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
The reason people believed that it was necessary to hoard toilet paper started due to a claim online that a company that made masks also makes toilet paper and there would be a shortage of toilet paper due to them using the materials for masks instead of toilet paper. This occurred in China and news of hording of toilet paper and the myth was able to reach the US and people here came up with myths about reasoning behind this action and thus it spread.
@colinpratt7618
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Can I start a new myth that the playing of brass instruments cures covid-19 the same way it cures the dreaded lurgy?
@safe8176
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
God gave everybody a free beta for resident evil 8
@tom-nl7fg
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
sooo am i coret that this video want me to tell that we shoud quarantine from now on on a regular base when a ilnes like covid 19 or sars or the pig flu or .. or … or … im just 37 years old but this reaction that is propagated is so irational i realy cant explane that to me ….. still most of the topics are well researched but alcahol dond kill corona that is one mistake …. and that young shoud care…..i think they shoudnt and i know i get bashed for that statment but i just wana say i just repeded the words of my granny . btw obvius facts and propaganda i see a good mix of both in this video 😉
@allegrajaffe8464
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Another myth that needs debunking: Eating food that have a high level of PH to help fight Covid-19, because "apparently Covid-19 is immune to organisms that have a high level of PH". Apparently there was a study conducted, but it was years ago and obviously this study does not mention or refers to the new coronavirus. Sadly this type of information is being passed around WhatsApp and Fecebook messenger 🙁
@easymac79
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
1 dog in the whole country got it. Suspicious… What did that owner do differently cringe
@MrStarsuicide
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Uvc lights , that will kill the corona virus , 99.9% other germs .
@MrStarsuicide
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
I'm 100% positive some one ate a bat . Not bat soup but the actual bat itself
@LexTNeville
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Love the videos. Couple of points you aught to address.
1. Garlic has well-founded and proven antiviral properties (contrary to what is said in this video). It is at least a promising candidate as a topical weapon against sars-covid-2.
2. While the general consensus is to take China's account of how sars-covid-2 spread to humans at face value (dead bats in a seafood market), the UK government have reason to believe that the virus could have originated in a laboratory. They are on record as having said so.
@josephstalin7389
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
I hear at polish chicken soup get read off any disease
@yoinch
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
One fact which is true…… China made that shit …
@samuelharet7014
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Brilliant resource!!
@NithinAF
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
You have no common sense.
@e.r5560
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
You're basically laughing at everyone involved with this epidemic and even those just complying with the new rules put in place by governments as a result of the epidemic… But that doesn't surprise me, considering what you are… If YOU'RE so smart then what WAS the cause of it then & when in YOU'RE superior knowledge will a vaccine be available for it then, know-it-all??!
@beantaz3862
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
2:20 mouth masks
@MI-vt9sg
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
This video made me remember how stupid Humans can be.
@richbroadhead8814
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
The toilet roll thing comes from a conspiracy started in Australia that went viral. They wrongly believed the cardboard tubes in toilet roll were made in china. No exports from china would allegedly lead to a shortage
Just to help you out
Keep up the good work
@tube999k2
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
But its clearly been proven in many studies that 5g does infect damage your cells and diminishes the ability of you red blood cells to transport oxygen. Please do more research before spouting the MSM talking pointa
@eefaaf
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Always good to listen what Trump says: then know the opposite is true 🙂
@Christophe.C
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Algorithmic comment…👍
@elic-c8239
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
I've heard people saying zinc supplements can help (FALSE!). Could you add that to your playlist?
@pr0xZen
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Teavel bans can be effective, but as with many other tools of the trade – not much so on its own. By the time travel bans hit, it's usually too late to stop ingress thst way – but if combined with strict social distancing and shelter protocols, and wide community testing, it can help limit ingress of unobserved, unmitigated mutations/strains. It's function is basically buying time, for therapeutic treatment means and capacity to catch up. In theory, it could also buy time for a vaccine to be ready for community deployment, but given that timescale, there will likely be a wide partial travel ban lift by then.
@peadora
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
You are making a lot of inaccurate statements here. Please refrain from making an opinionated judgement when you do not have all the information.
@trueriver1950
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Windows 10 caused the Cortana virus
@KeeliaSilvis
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Wow. Those project is incredibly valuable.
I'm a grad student, and I've had to cut down on Patreon since my program started. But the service TLDR is providing with their coverage is too important. Even if it's just $5/month, I need to support this content. I'm becoming a Patron now.
@planet8833t
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Well you seem to know a lot about what Corona virus isnt talking in your best supercilious voice. but it has to be from somewhere so do you think it came from a wet market ? and i noticed the snide dig at Trumps travel ban in this. it would be more helpful if people knew more about it . you do not have a clue either.
@andrewtongue7084
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
On the whole, your presentation is sound, however, your first 'myth' – that Covid-19 could not be laboratory synthesised, is, in & of itself, incorrect. Bio weapons grade formulations have (& will still) be produced. That there is no apparent evidentiary data to this end, is not proof positive – govts tend to have this uncanny knack of not disclosing such information to the general populus (& here I speak as a Clinician). That (you) dismiss this initial assertion as unfeasible, is laughable.
That said, I do not believe that Covid-19 was intentionally released, but clearly, someone was iresponsible at some point, here. Remember, the Chinese administration sat on this outbreak for over six months before announcing a "problem" is a significant factor in the dissemination of same.
@megadude989
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Comment for the algorithm god
@kpeteho6ot
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Great video, shutting down many of the nonsense circulating in social media!
@martinsachs3837
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Napalm is an ecellent cure for corona!
@richardharvey1732
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Nice one !, actually 5G will have had a limiting effect on C- 19 transmission, all the time you are one the 'phone you are not in contact with anyone!
I do wish this sort of information was much more obvious in the broadcast media to begin with, I for one will never forget the hysterical ramping up of anxiety and tension over the last two months.
I have noticed that all this attention on the travel bans and lockdowns seems to be distracting us from the reality which is that the the resources that should have been put into our health and social care system were withdrawn to satisfy the ideological demands of a small, ignorant self-serving minority who continue to try to control us by the application of draconian measures with no established record of success, telling us that we are all in it together is just one of the lies they throw at us when they have lost the plot. We are NOT all in this together, the frail elderly members of our community and ALL of the people who try to look after them make up the vast majority of the people suffering, most of the rest of us will recover quite rapidly if we get it, and ONLY those individuals who have it can pass it to anyone else, people carry the virus it can't go anywhere on its own!.
There is every sign that these measure are nothing more than the desperate attempt of scoundrels to divert us from their foolishness and if this lockdown fails, as it very well might because it is simply too damn late!, they will blame us for not doing what we were told, look at if that way and they have nothing to lose!. My only problem with that idea is that it assumes a level of intelligence not supported by any other evidence. Whiled the truth is just getting its socks on a good lie has gone right round the world!. Cheers, Richard.
@lemongf
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
"Masks Don't Work" – Completely fails to cover N95 (FFP2), N99 (FFP3) or N100/P100 Masks, which are actually made to protect against Viruses. The ones doctors and others wear to protect, against Viruses.
@andyweb7779
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Is it something to do with the hayflick limit??
@danielhenderson7050
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
I feel like it was beneath you to answer most of these myths.!
@volcon
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Finally got protection in less than a week @t
@thomaswilis4682
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Lack of evidence is not debunking of anything…. it is saying you dont know… it is still possible
@whitecat1796
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Is this is a piss take video or what? 😂 BTW, diarrhea could be a symptom of coronavirus confirmed by the Singapore medics.
@lomiification
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
that diarrhea one might be a myth. it's something like 45% of cases have gastrointestinal symptoms
@lomiification
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
if you consider a wet market to be a lab, then it did come from a lab:P
@monkofmayhem1373
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
So much of this is straw mans of the actually claims. It’s just like snopes, they take the claim change it and debunk the bit they changed.
@johnqpublic2029
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
You got it wrong on masks. Masks are to protect others from you, and not you from the virus. And as we know the virus can be passed on when there are no sypmtoms, SO we should ALL be wearing masks until this threat is passed. They ALSO help you to stop touching your face. The Czechs got it right, you should issue a correction. The myth that masks dont work was started by people who want to save them for our front line health officials. I think that is probably worthwhile, but claiming they dont work is just false and damages trust in our leaders.
@FunkyStudent
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Apparently antibiotics are useful for recovering patients after they've dealt with the virus. I suggest you consult a medical expert before making videos like this.
@Languslangus
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Diarea IS a symptom.
@cmack6797
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Hiya guys, overall awesome video but I really think you need to be careful with your assessment on travel bans.
One of the huge problems we are seeing in Europe is not that we can't treat patients with severe cases of Covid-19 and respiratory failure, but that hospital capacity isn't sufficient for large surges. There are so many things to take into account, travel bans may not stop the spread but there's also the fact that medical services where you are registered as a permanent resident have taken you into account and the number of ICU beds reflects the population of that area.
If people all flee to popular holiday destinations, the local services with not have the capacity for the influx of new possible patients.
It do agree that it can cause problems with people fleeing (i.e. Italy) but this can be counteracted by bringing it in and enforcing it quickly and completely. And even if it doesn't stop everyone it will still reduce movement and therefore slow spread.
People are always going to try to move, travel ban or not.
The UK has had no travel ban at the time of this video and people are already fleeing cities to popular holiday places such as Cornwall, North Wales, Scottish Highlands and more. Those rural services will absolutely not cope.
I think it's possible there are many people who could see this and use it as evidence that their travel plans are fine.
I guess I just wish you'd put a little addendum in the video that said something like:
'Although travel bans have shown to be ineffective in preventing spread, it should be noted that they can help slightly to slow spread, giving communities time to prepare and also are critical in helping to prevent further overburdening of local healthcare infrastructures'
@xbocyx
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Austrian rum, Stroch is 80% alcohol. I'm drinking it daily from now on