“Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”
What PolitiFact found
The CDC is reporting “very high” wastewater viral activity level for COVID-19. Wastewater surveillance helps track infection trends, but high viral activity in wastewater doesn’t mean the water supply is contaminated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Breitbart (Conservative news website) made this claim around 27 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 January 2024, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Breitbart has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C1X1kl6LClh/
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