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2025年1月16日 · AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.
False posts about HMPV cases leading to school closures in China ...
9 小时之前 · Amid fears of another global pandemic, social media users are circulating claims that all schools in China have been closed due to a rise in “new” human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases. However, this is false; while there was an increase in cases at the end of 2024, the country did not respond by closing schools. China said infections are seasonal at this time of the year, …
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False posts about HMPV and Covid 'cross-mutation' spark fear …
1 天前 · Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands of shares that falsely claimed HMPV and Covid-19 had "cross-mutated" into a more severe disease. The viruses are from different families and are impossible to merge, multiple virologists told AFP. The World Health Organization said in …
Covid pictures resurface in false posts about 'China health crisis in ...
3 天之前 · The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including those caused by the flu-like virus HMPV, were "within the expected range" for winter. But misinformation continued to circulate online about a purported state of emergency in China over an outbreak of HMPV cases. In Indonesia, social media …
Misquoted Lancet report sparks misinformation on Covid vaccines, …
2 天之前 · Rampant misinformation linking autism to vaccination has circulated for decades. The latest iteration spreading online falsely shared a scientific paper as evidence Covid-19 jabs cause the lifelong condition. However, the report published in The Lancet medical journal did not mention vaccines and instead explored the prevalence and health burden of autism.
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Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
2024年6月11日 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or even evaluate the plaintiffs' …
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