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Health Feedback→ WHO declaration of public health emergency triggered by worsening of mpox outbreak in Africa, not a ploy to push for using vaccine stocks
REVIEW On 14 August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox, also known as monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after the significant increase in mpox cases in several African countries. A PHEIC is an
The Dispatch→ Concern Grows Over Bird Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cows
‘We shouldn’t be in a panic [about] any of this.’
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bird flu outbreak in US isn’t timed for November elections; it began in 2022
Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
PolitiFact→ What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks
Recent avian influenza outbreaks in the U.S. have raised concerns online about the disease’s spread to humans. Public health authorities say the virus poses a low risk to people and there are no signs of human-to-human transmission.
AllSides→ Fact Check: Measles outbreaks not linked to ‘Disease X’ pandemic planning
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/measles-outbreaks-not-linked-disease-x-pandemic-planning-2024-02-08/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead About Measles, MMR Vaccine Amid Recent Outbreaks
SciCheck Digest Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be serious and even fatal. Fortunately, it can safely be prevented by vaccination. But in the wake of outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere — likely in large part due to low vaccin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pneumonia Listed In Pfizer Document Does NOT Prove Its COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Respiratory Outbreak In China
Does the listing of "Pneumonia mycoplasma" in Pfizer's guidance on adverse event reports associated with its COVID-19 vaccine prove that the shot caused a respiratory outbreak in China? No, that's not true: It's a fundamental misreading o
AllSides→ Burning Man flooding triggers false claims of Ebola outbreak, ‘national emergency’
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-burning-man-festival-ebola-national-emergency-498334622942 CLAIM:
AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man In 2023
Was a state of emergency declared due to an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada? No, that's not true: There were no reports of known or suspected Ebola cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), th
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Burning Man flooding triggers false claims of Ebola outbreak, ‘national emergency’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Full Fact→ There are no official reports of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man festival
The desert festival has been mired by wet weather but there are no credible reports of an Ebola outbreak.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Radio Wave, Mobile Phone Technology Do NOT Cause Influenza, COVID Outbreaks
Does a social media video prove that the advent of radio wave and mobile phone technology ushered in flu, COVID and other viral outbreaks from the 1900s on? No, that's not true: The emergence of these viruses is a natural process and not
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t show a zombie virus outbreak in China
Video shows zombie virus outbreak in China.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Ebola Outbreak At George Washington University Hospital On January 4, 2023 — Hospital In ‘Normal Operations’
Did George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. stop accepting new patients on January 4, 2023, due to a "possible EBOLA OUTBREAK"? No, that's not true: An official statement from the hospital, provided to Lead Stories on Ja
Full Fact→ Instagram post wrongly links nasal flu vaccines to strep A outbreak
There’s no evidence that nasal flu vaccines are driving increased rates of strep A, and the timing of the outbreak doesn’t mean this is the case.
Logically→ John Hopkins University’s 201 Pandemic Exercise predicted the COVID-19 outbreak.
The event was designed to test the private and public sector's response to a pandemic. It did not predict COVID-19.
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
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.
Snopes→ Wendy’s Pulls Lettuce from Sandwiches Amid E. Coli Outbreak
Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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.
Logically→ Pride celebrations led to the outbreak of Monkeypox.
No outbreaks of monkeypox have been linked to or traced back to Pride events.
Snopes→ US Declares Public Health Emergency over Monkeypox Outbreak
The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus.
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."
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.
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.
Logically→ Cases of paralysis from the polio outbreak in the early 20th century were caused by the insecticide DDT.
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Recent U.S. smallpox vaccine order unrelated to monkeypox outbreaks, according to the government
“U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.”
Health Feedback→ Published research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
REVIEW Reports of unusual monkeypox cases hit the headlines in May 2022, with at least 257 cases and zero deaths in 23 countries as of 30 May 2022. Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, whic
AllSides→ North Korea: The mystery of its Covid outbreak
https://www.bbc.com/news/61651016 It's been three weeks since North Korea announced its first ever Covi
Logically→ The recent outbreaks of Monkeypox are cover-ups for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
This claim is based on several debunked conspiracy theories and misinterpretations of reported data.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Bill Gates’ comments about preparing for pandemics doesn’t mean he planned monkeypox outbreak
Bill Gates planned a smallpox-type outbreak.
Logically→ A 2021 simulation exercise attended by world leaders predicted the Monkeypox outbreak.
The exercise was designed to test out responses to pandemics. The monkeypox outbreak was not predicted.
Health Feedback→ Monkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it with COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 13 May 2022, the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of two confirmed cases of monkeypox in patients from the same household and without recent travel history to areas where the virus circulates
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence current monkeypox outbreak was planned
The current monkeypox outbreak was planned by government and industry leaders.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, monkeypox outbreaks aren’t due to biological warfare by our governments
Monkeypox is biological warfare “against us by our governments.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Bill Gates isn’t behind the monkeypox outbreak
“Bill Gates is behind the monkeypox outbreaks.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Bill Gates Is Behind Monkeypox Outbreak — Recorded Remarks Taken Out Of Context
Is Bill Gates behind the 2022 monkeypox outbreak? No, that's not true: The claim wildly misconstrues a November 2021 comment Gates made about pandemic preparedness. He was discussing the possibility of simulating a smallpox attack in orde
PolitiFact→ Monkeypox outbreak: What to know about its spread, symptoms and vaccines
A rare outbreak of monkeypox outside of Africa has health officials worldwide scrambling to find its source and contain it. The disease is not as easily spread as COVID-19 and vaccines are available, so pandemic-weary Americans shouldn’t expect lockd