“Disease X” is “the next plandemic.”
Social media posts
in a TikTok video. Claim dated 1 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
For years, scientists have used the term "Disease X" to refer to any currently undiscovered human disease that could lead to an international epidemic. This is not evidence that scientists are plotting the next pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 August 2023, 68 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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