“Doctors are "coming out" and saying that "850 deaths in these past two weeks in Monterrey are due to myocarditis.”
Social media posts
Social media posts. Claim dated 29 Aug 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Sonia Gómez, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry of Nuevo León, told the Associated Press that it’s not true that 850 people died in two weeks in Monterrey due to myocarditis.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 August 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 September 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/3PWC-CGSP
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