“Mysterious pneumonia” from China is now in Ohio.”
Social media posts
a TikTok video. Claim dated 30 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Spikes in pediatric pneumonia cases in China and in one Ohio county are not connected, and are caused by known pathogens that regularly circulate during respiratory illness season.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 December 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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