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Articles tagged with: Monkeypox
CLAIM REVIEWS
The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
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CDC has now classified [monkeypox] as airborne and anybody within 15 ft can catch it; [it] is now classified as a form of herpes [...] lasts 2-4 months [and] can lead to being paralyzed
SOURCE: Anonymous, Fathers Matter
Published: 04 Aug 2022
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Published research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
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Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) “assembled monkeypox strains”
SOURCE: Natalie Winters, The National Pulse
Published: 03 Jun 2022
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Monkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it to COVID-19 vaccines
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Monkeypox is caused by COVID-19 vaccines; a 2021 tabletop exercise portraying a monkeypox pandemic is evidence that global leaders planned the outbreak; the monkeypox vaccine was “ready” before the outbreak
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube
Published: 26 May 2022
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What you need to know about the current monkeypox outbreak: transmission, symptoms, treatments, etc.
— 20 Aug 2022
Photo by CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith at Public Health Image Library (PHIL) The ongoing monkeypox virus outbreak began in May 2022, when the U.K. notified the World Health Organization...