“Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 9 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Planes flying over Riverfest, a daylong event on the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Newport, Kentucky, were part of the event. There is no genetically modified mosquito program in Ohio.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/varchive/ziuyGjJxoBQ
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