“The current monkeypox outbreak is a result of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”
Jimmy Dore
Facebook post. United States. Claim dated 29 Jul 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisUnsupported
What FactCheck.org found
Wuhan Institute of Virology study describes assembling part of a monkeypox viral genome for use in a diagnostic test. The researchers only made a fraction of the genome and it matches a different version of the virus.
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In short
Jimmy Dore (Facebook post) made this claim around 29 July 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2022. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1496417314142273
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