“Monkeypox, unlike the coronavirus diseases 2019, is "not particularly fatal.”
What Vera Files found
While monkeypox is not as fatal as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it can still be deadly. According to the United States (U.S.)-based Cleveland Clinic, “monkeypox can lead to other problems like pneumonia and infections in your brain or eyes, which can be fatal.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Trixie Cruz-Angeles made this claim around 29 July 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Trixie Cruz-Angeles has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/IAY8GLReKCU?t=696
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