Beginning on November 19, 2022, were all U.S. citizens entitled to $1,700 per week if they mitigated the spread of monkeypox by staying home? No, that's not true: No such compensation program is in place and the claim is a set-up for a jo
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts claim national monkeypox response coordinator is a ‘satanist.’ That’s False
Joe Biden appointed a 'satanist' to the White House.
Logically→ Bill Gates is responsible for monkeypox.
Social media users have inaccurately conflated Gates' comments on preparing for future pandemics with the spread of the monkeypox virus.
FactCheck.org→ Post Makes Baseless Allegations About Public Health Response to Monkeypox Outbreak
SciCheck Digest A post published in English and Spanish repeats the debunked idea that the current monkeypox outbreak might have resulted from a virus that was created in a lab. The post also baselessly alleges that the World Health Organization’s de
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video falsely claims monkeypox is a governmental hoax
"Monkeypox is a complete, fake sham” that’s “designed to force lockdowns, mandates and shots.”
Full Fact→ Monkeypox simulation event doesn’t mean outbreak was planned
The virus was used in a fictional scenario during a theoretical planning event in March 2021.
Logically→ The BBC has confirmed that monkeypox is an airborne form of herpes that is capable of infecting anyone within 15 feet.
The graphic in question has been designed to deceive viewers into believing it is from the BBC. The claims it makes about monkeypox are false.
Snopes→ Monkeypox Can Spread to Pet Dogs, Doctors Report
Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets.
Logically→ Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump died after receiving the COVlD-19 vaccine booster and a monkeypox injection.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Monkeypox in wastewater isn’t evidence of tampering
“They put” monkeypox in the water in Atlanta.
Full Fact→ No evidence shingles ‘renamed’ as monkeypox is a Pfizer vaccine side effect
Shingles and monkeypox are caused by two totally different viruses.
Logically→ The strain of monkeypox virus responsible for the current international outbreak was released deliberately.
The available evidence suggests that the ongoing monkeypox outbreak originated in West Africa, and was not engineered in a laboratory.
Snopes→ WHO Plans to Rename Monkeypox Over Stigmatization Concerns
Some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.
Full Fact→ Monkeypox is not a government conspiracy to cover up ‘vaccine-induced’ diseases
Thousands of monkeypox infections have been directly confirmed in laboratories, and the Covid-19 vaccines have not caused widespread damage to people’s immune systems
Logically→ Pride celebrations led to the outbreak of Monkeypox.
No outbreaks of monkeypox have been linked to or traced back to Pride events.
Poynter→ What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know
As monkeypox cases mount and the disease spreads, some people might have déjà vu — here comes another potentially life-disrupting virus. Although monkeypox first surfaced more than six decades ago, […] The post What we know about how monkeypo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Monkeypox Is NOT Same Thing As Biblical Or Modern-Day Leprosy
Is monkeypox the same thing as modern-day leprosy or the condition mentioned in the Bible? No, neither is true: Whether using the biblical or today's medical definition, leprosy is very different from monkeypox. "In ancient times, leprosy
Full Fact→ Monkeypox isn’t just spread by sexual contact
Monkeypox is thought to be primarily spreading through sexual contact, but there are other ways to catch the disease. A small number of cases in children have been confirmed in the US and Europe.
Snopes→ US Has Declared Monkeypox a National Health Emergency. Here’s What That Means.
An epidemiologist from the University of Richmond explains.
FactCheck.org→ Four False Claims About Monkeypox
SciCheck Digest Monkeypox is a viral disease that spreads through close physical contact with an infected person and large respiratory droplets that don’t travel more than a few feet. A recent meme on social media gets the facts wrong about how the v
PolitiFact→ What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know
Monkeypox seems to be most efficiently transmitted through close physical contact during sex, experts say. Because the virus is spreading within sexual networks of men who have sex with other men, those men are the most affected.
Snopes→ Monkeypox Vaccines: A Virologist Answers 6 Questions
Maureen Ferran, a virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been keeping tabs on the two vaccines that can protect against monkeypox.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Image makes false claims about monkeypox and wasn’t shared by BBC News or the WHO
The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.
Snopes→ US Declares Public Health Emergency over Monkeypox Outbreak
The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Monkeypox Is NOT Airborne Disease That Causes Paralysis
Is monkeypox an airborne disease that causes paralysis? No, that's not true: While its transmission might occur during prolonged face-to-face contact, the particles do not stay in the air for long and thus it cannot be classified as an ai
Health Feedback→ The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
REVIEW The recent monkeypox outbreak has led to the disease spreading in dozens of countries where it isn’t normally found. There have been over 25,000 cases and a small number of deaths, leading to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring a
Snopes→ Is Monkeypox Spread Through Airborne Droplets?
Health officials are still working to better understand the virus.
Snopes→ California Governor Declares Monkeypox State of Emergency
California's governor declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Chinese Research Creating Fragment of Monkeypox Viral Genome
SciCheck Digest A Wuhan Institute of Virology study describes assembling part of a monkeypox viral genome for use in a diagnostic test. Although the researchers only made a fraction of the genome — and it matches a different version of the virus
Snopes→ Is Monkeypox Considered an STD?
Medical experts are still debating how to classify the disease.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is connected to the monkeypox outbreak
“‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset."
Full Fact→ Article about monkeypox living on door handles for 120 years is fake
The altered screenshot also claims the virus “can infect anyone from 5 miles away”.
Full Fact→ Monkeypox is not a cover-up for the effects of the Covid-19 vaccine
There’s no evidence of any link between the recent monkeypox virus outbreak and the Covid-19 vaccines, which do not damage immune systems, as a video claims.
PolitiFact→ There’s no evidence that the virus behind the monkeypox outbreak was leaked from a Wuhan lab
Experts said there’s no evidence that the virus behind the current monkeypox outbreak came from a lab in Wuhan, China. Analysis of the monkeypox virus’s genetic material indicates the current outbreak is linked to an outbreak in West Africa.
Full Fact→ No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is causing monkeypox
There is no evidence that monkeypox is linked to the widespread distribution of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gyms Are NOT Locked Down, Masks NOT Mandated To Stop Monkeypox Spread As Of July 27, 2022
Are gyms locked down and are people forced to wear masks to stop the spread of monkeypox? No, that's not true: There have been no federal government orders as of July 27, 2022, for gyms to be closed or mask mandated to stop the spread of
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Does Monkeypox Have 99.97 Survival Rate?
Liz Wheeler. (Photograph by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images.)Podcaster and former One America News Network anchor Liz Wheeler claimed in a recent viral tweet that the World Health Organization said monkeypox has a survival rate of 99.97 percent:Liz Wh
Logically→ Monkeypox has spread only in countries without wild monkeys.
An outdated map depicting the monkeypox outbreak is used to spread misinformation. Countries with and without wild monkeys have seen a rise in cases.
Snopes→ Monkeypox Virus Could Become Entrenched As New STD in the US
Experts don't agree on the likely path of the disease, with some fearing that it is becoming so widespread that it is on the verge of becoming an entrenched STD — like gonorrhea, herpes and HIV.
Logically→ The current monkeypox outbreak appears to be a lab strain with unknown characteristics that likely originated in a U.S. bioweapons laboratory in Ukraine.
Preliminary analysis by the World Health Organization confirms that the current monkeypox cases belong to known variants found in West Africa.