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Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2019-04-30): Dubious websites and citation-free social media posts have attempted to suggest that these measles outbreaks are the result of immigrants who illegally crossed into the U.S. via the Southern border — a common but almost-always-false trope employed by those who oppose more open immigration policies. For example, pro-conspiracy, anti-vaccine website Natural News claimed on 28 April 2019 that, "It’s the disease-ridden illegal aliens that are bringing infectious diseases into America" in a story titled in part, "The Measles Outbreak is a Massive False Flag." That report cited a story from Alex Jones' Infowars that misrepresented a Fox News segment about a measles outbreak in New York. [...] No factual basis exists to support the claim that illegal immigrants are the cause of the increase in U.S. measles outbreaks. But multiple pieces of evidence do support the claim that unvaccinated people who have traveled to areas with high rates of measles and then returned to the U.S. are the cause of the uptick. As of 30 April 2019, measles outbreaks — defined by the CDC as three or more simultaneous cases in the same area — were identified in nine geographic areas: [...] This New York measles outbreak, comprising 423 of the 704 individual infections, represents the vast majority of cases that are part of this troubling resurgence of measles in 2019. It was caused not by illegal immigration across the Southern border, but by unvaccinated American citizens traveling abroad in Israel — a country that is currently having its own measles epidemic. Similarly, the outbreaks in California have been tied to four cases of people traveling abroad and returning to the United States:
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-10-04): - Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility — Arizona, May–June 2016MMWR. May 26, 2017 - Measles Outbreak of Unknown Source — Shelby County, Tennessee, April–May 2016MMWR. September 30, 2016 *Jurisdictions refer to any of the 50 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2019-04-08): Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility ― Arizona, May–June 2016 [...] FIGURE. Confirmed measles cases (N = 31) in an immigration and customs enforcement facility, by date of rash onset and staff member/detainee status — Arizona, May 6–June 26, 2016 [...] Suggested citation for this article: Venkat H, Kassem AM, Su C, et al. Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility ― Arizona, May–June 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:543–544. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6620a5.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2015-02-06): One of our colleagues noticed that virtually every Washington Post article concerning the measles outbreak is followed by comments that link the outbreak to illegal immigration. As it turned out, a number of prominent politicians have suggested that there might be a link — or that a link cannot be ruled out. (LePage did not mention measles, but suggested there could be in "uptick" in other diseases.) [...] We should note that CDC’s Schuchat said that in 2014, "79 percent of the unvaccinated cases of measles in the U.S. were unvaccinated due to personal belief exceptions." So even if one could trace the source to an illegal immigrant, the main source of the problem is a failure to get vaccinated in the first place. [...] Unlike Limbaugh, Brooks and Carson did not draw a direct link between illegal immigration and the measles outbreak; they merely suggested it is a possibility. But it’s a tricky balance, given that thus far the CDC has not traced this most recent outbreak — or previous ones — to illegal immigration. One cannot have 100 percent certainty in life, and so that always leaves open the possibility of a link.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-01-16): Rep. Mo Brooks and potential presidential hopeful Ben Carson both suggested a connection between illegal immigration and the spread of diseases such as measles in the United States. Though it is often difficult to pinpoint precise origins of disease outbreaks, there is no evidence supporting a link between the recent outbreaks and illegal immigration. [...] The measles outbreak in the U.S., which includes most of the 102 cases in 14 states between Jan. 1 and Jan. 30 this year, likely did originate from outside this country. Whether it came from an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, however, is unknown. According to Anne Schuchat, an assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, illegal immigration is not the likely culprit.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-03-14): On Tuesday, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed three more measles cases from new migrant arrivals at a shelter in Pilsen in the Lower West Side. The CDPH is coordinating what it calls "a comprehensive, city-wide response" that has included in-person support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to curb the effects of the infectious virus. [...] Martin went on: "Measles is already here in the United States, but the migrant population on the whole is under-vaccinated compared to the traditional Chicago population and is therefore at higher risk of infection."
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2019-05-05): The post says, "Six Eradicated Diseases are making a comeback thanks to refugees and illegal immigrants," with the alleged eradicated ailments as follows: Tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, mumps, scarlet fever and the bubonic plague. [...] Amy Rowland, spokesperson for the CDC’s Global Health Division, also told PolitiFact immigrants and refugees are not to blame for the outbreaks. "No, it is not immigrants or refugees causing these outbreaks," Rowland said. "It has to do with travel and people who are not vaccinated or under-vaccinated. It has nothing to do with illegal immigrants."
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2015-02-03): Other conservative voices have linked measles to illegal immigrants. The conservative website The Blaze wrote about Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., who said the disease was brought into the country by "illegal aliens." [...] There is no data that links this or any other outbreak of measles to those immigrants, who are vaccinated at about the same rate as Americans. [...] The Blaze, GOP Congressman on Why He Thinks Illegal Immigrants Might be to Blame for Measles Outbreak, Feb. 4, 2015
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2019-05-01): Measles outbreak in US due to unvaccinated citizens, not illegal immigrants [...] In summary, claims that measles outbreaks in the U.S. are caused by Southern border immigration are not supported by evidence and ignore the data showing that it is unvaccinated Americans traveling to regions with measles outbreaks who became infected and started the outbreaks after returning home. [...] This claim is absolutely incorrect. While measles outbreaks over the past two decades have been from international importations as claimed by this "article", they are imported through international plane travel from countries in Europe, the Philippines, and Israel. These outbreaks are not a result of illegal immigration.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-05-16): Measles Outbreak Associated with a Migrant Shelter — Chicago, Illinois, February–May 2024 [...] After identification of a large measles outbreak among migrants, primarily from Venezuela, who resided in a shelter, active case-finding and rapid mass vaccination of residents likely reduced transmission and outbreak size and duration (5). Engagement of community partners contributed to the success of these public health interventions. [...] Suggested citation for this article: Gressick K, Nham A, Filardo TD, et al. Measles Outbreak Associated with a Migrant Shelter — Chicago, Illinois, February–May 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:424–429. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7319a1.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-03-18): The Chicago Department of Public Health has reported that 10 of those 12 confirmed cases are among migrants who are living in a shelter in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. Six cases are in adults. Six are in children. Two of those children are Chicago Public School students. Unlike other students, CPS students who are migrants are not required to be vaccinated to attend school, and that's because there's an exemption for children who are living in unstable housing.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2020-09-14): Provide age-appropriate immunizations during an initial encounter with a newly arrived immigrant or migrant, and complete immunization series according to ACIP schedules during subsequent encounters . A vaccine series does not need to be restarted if documentation of prior doses is available. [...] Immigrants and other migrants are likely to travel back to their country of origin and might be at risk for travel-associated infectious diseases (see Sec. 9, Ch. 9, Visiting Friends & Relatives: VFR Travel). Ask these patients about future travel plans to allow time to plan appropriate travel vaccines, medications, and advice.
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2018-01-01): Anita E Heywood, Measles: a re-emerging problem in migrants and travellers, Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 1, 2018, tay118, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tay118 [...] The resurgence of measles across Europe highlights the impact of ongoing insufficient two-dose coverage in affected countries. Ceccarelli and colleagues2 estimated a seroprevalence of measles IgG antibodies of 80–88% among recent migrants from the WHO African region, while sub-optimal, these rates are greater than WHO coverage estimates from the region and on par with coverage reported in some European receiving countries. Despite record numbers of migrants arriving in Europe, the contribution of migration on the current epidemiology of measles in Europe is minimal. However, immigrants from within and outside Europe are a growing population group and face barriers to accessing immunisation and other health services and strategies to reach migrant populations and provide catch-up immunisation are needed. [...] Assessment of the role of international travel and unauthorized immigration on measles importation to the United States† .
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2024-01-16): A Facebook meme incorrectly blames the measles outbreak in the U.S. on immigrants from South America. The virus, however, was eliminated there in 2016. The recent uptick in measles cases is due to travelers returning from countries with outbreaks. The outbreak of measles in the U.S. and around the world is due largely to inadequate vaccination rates in some communities, not illegal immigration, as one popular meme on Facebook claims. The meme shows a picture of a baby who appears to be infected with measles and says: "Thanks to a highly effective vaccination program the Measles virus was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Thanks to the immigrants who illegally cross the U.S. Mexican border, and the Democrats who refuse to stop them, the Measles virus has been declared a public health emergency in 2019."
Claim: The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration (Alex Jones, 2019-01-05)
Evidence (2019-02-06): The revelation that the ongoing measles outbreak is tied to a foreign individual does not come as a surprise to those who have studied the disease. [...] Salmon stressed that the foreign individuals involved in U.S. measles outbreaks are "not illegal immigrants," but rather "it's people who have enough wealth to travel."
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-16): The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a research facility that uses a high-power, high-frequency transmitter to study the physical properties and behavior of the highest point of the atmosphere, the ionosphere. Radio transmissions from HAARP only cause small effects in the ionosphere that last for a brief span of a few seconds. HAARP is incapable of causing the magnitude of aurora effects witnessed in May 2024; evidence shows these effects were caused by mass ejections of magnetized plasma from the Sun.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-29): In summary, there is conclusive evidence that the aurora observed around the globe on 10-11 May 2024 was caused by a solar storm that began erupting from the Sun on 8 May 2024. The claims attributing the auroras to HAARP experiments that coincided with this event are simply incorrect. As explained above, not only is HAARP incapable of producing the observed auroras from its limited power output, but the experiments – which were scheduled over a month in advance – were conducted to study space debris, unrelated to auroral effects.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-13): NEWS EXPLAINER 13 May 2024 [...] Total solar eclipse 2024: how it will help scientists to study the Sun [...] Your US state privacy rights © 2024 Springer Nature Limited
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Following the widespread visibility of the aurora borealis over much of the Northern Hemisphere in May, 2024, conspiracy theorists promoted HAARP as the true cause of the event.[61] [...] - ^ "Absurd Conspiracy Theory Claims HAARP Science Experiment Triggered Global Auroras". Gizmodo. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024. [...] Further reading [edit]- "Experiments with the HAARP Ionospheric Heater – Stanford VLF Group". Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2023-11-02): Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday. [...] HAARP creates airglow by exciting electrons in Earth’s ionosphere, similar to how solar energy creates natural aurora, with on and off pulses of high-frequency radio transmissions. HAARP’s Ionospheric Research Instrument, a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres, can radiate 3.6 megawatts into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. [...] HAARP will create an airglow at a specific point in the sky. The angle of visibility for anyone wanting to look for it will depend on a person’s distance from HAARP.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2015-12-01): Our modern world of Wi-Fi, smartphones, and location apps relies on radio waves to link up all our gadgets. Most of us, though, are unaware that the ionosphere high above Earth affects the location services in our phones and the directions relayed by the navigation units in our cars. The complex dynamics of the ionospheric plasma, a gas of electrons and ions enveloping our planet, can be studied by research facilities such as the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), located in Alaska. During the past 15 years, HAARP has produced many interesting and unexpected results, perhaps most spectacularly the production of an artificial ionospheric plasma generated by radio waves.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-13): Can we expect more auroras and solar storms in 2024?
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2022-10-17): Those are just some of the 13 experiments for a packed 10 days of science beginning Wednesday at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The University of Alaska Fairbanks operates the facility located near Gakona. The number of experiments is the highest so far under a five-year, $9.3 million grant awarded last year by the National Science Foundation to establish the Subauroral Geophysical Observatory at HAARP. The observatory’s purpose is the exploration of Earth’s upper atmosphere and geospace environment. [...] The Air Force originally developed and owned HAARP but transferred the research instruments to UAF in August 2015. UAF operates the site under an agreement with the Air Force.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-13): The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP. While HAARP did operate a scientific campaign May 8-10, it had no connection to the solar storm, according to Jessica Matthews, HAARP director. The campaign supported research proposals from the University of Alaska Fairbanks to study mechanisms for the detection of orbiting space debris. "We have been responding to many inquiries from the media and the public," Matthews said. "The HAARP scientific experiments were in no way linked to the solar storm or high auroral activity seen around the globe." The May HAARP campaign was scheduled about a month and a half before the geomagnetic storm. The timing was purely coincidental; geomagnetic storms are unpredictable, with lead times before a solar event is detected from Earth measured in minutes, not months.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The claims are false. Scientists say the luminous weather phenomenon was created by a confirmed geomagnetic storm and that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (commonly referred to as HAARP) is not capable of generating global auroral displays. [...] In reaction to the widely shared event, a series of social media posts claimed the aurora activity was linked to a scheduled HAARP testing period running from May 8 to 10. [...] In a statement, HAARP director Jessica Matthews said the planned May experiments "were in no way linked to the solar storm or high auroral activity seen around the globe".
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-14): No (sigh) HAARP didn't cause the May auroras; that's a solar storm | Fact check The claim: HAARP caused May 2024 geomagnetic storms because solar flares aren’t real [...] Solar flares exist, as established by more than 150 years of scientific research. Multiple experts said the auroras widely visible across the globe in May were caused by solar storms – not HAARP, which does not produce nearly enough energy to create one.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-20): Several posts circulating on Facebook and Threads claim that the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, seen in many parts of the world between 10 and 12 May 2024, were actually created by a research facility in Alaska. [...] Scientists at HAARP said they scheduled the May campaign on 16 March 2024, about a month and a half before the geomagnetic storm. In an FAQ posted online, they said: "The timing was purely coincidental; geomagnetic storms are unpredictable, with lead times before a solar event measured in minutes, not months." Some posts linking HAARP’s activity to the aurora borealis included notices HAARP published about the May campaign. HAARP said these are released with all campaigns to "promote citizen science collaborations" and highlighted that the May campaign "supported research proposals studying mechanisms for the detection of orbiting space debris" not creating aurora borealis.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2023-11-03): HAARP creates airglow by exciting electrons in Earth's ionosphere, similar to how solar energy creates natural aurora, with on and off pulses of high-frequency radio transmissions. HAARP's Ionospheric Research Instrument, a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres, can radiate 3.6 megawatts into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. [...] HAARP will create an airglow at a specific point in the sky. The angle of visibility for anyone wanting to look for it will depend on a person's distance from HAARP. [...] The Air Force originally developed and owned HAARP but transferred the research instruments to UAF in August 2015. UAF operates the site under an agreement with the Air Force.
Claim: May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments (Social media Users, 2024-05-16)
Evidence (2014-05-22): Conspiracy theorists are abuzz about the news, given that HAARP (short for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) has long been the center of wild speculation that the program is designed to control the weather — or worse. In 2010, Venezuelan leader Huge Chavez claimed that HAARP or a program like it triggered the Haiti earthquake. [...] HAARP is a research program designed to analyze the ionosphere, a portion of the upper atmosphere that stretches from about 53 miles (85 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth to 370 miles (600 kilometers) up. The program has been funded by the Air Force, the Navy, the University of Alaska and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. [Top 10 Conspiracy Theories] [...] HAARP operates out of the HAARP Research Station in Gakona, Alaska, where it has a high-power radio frequency transmitter that can perturb a small portion of the ionosphere. Other instruments are then used to measure the perturbations.