“Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 12 May 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The current H5N1 bird flu outbreak has spread to cows at dozens of dairy herds in nine U.S. states. The U.S. outbreak was first reported among wild birds in 2022, and the H5N1 strain was first found in 1996 in China.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 May 2024, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C64oooOOsTI/
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