copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-10-03): July 19, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States. CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), state public health and animal health officials, and other partners using a One Health approach. Since April 2024, 10 human cases of avian influenza A(H5) infection have been reported in the United States. Four of these cases were associated with exposure to sick dairy cows and six were associated with exposure to avian influenza A(H5N1)-infected poultry.* [A][B] This includes two additional cases in Colorado that were confirmed by CDC this week and not previously reported. The two new cases were in poultry workers with exposure to infected poultry during depopulation and disposal activities. Similar to previous cases, illness was mild. Based on the information available at this time, CDC’s current H5N1 bird flu human health risk assessment for the U.S. general public remains low.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-05-16): The first-ever reported bird flu case infecting a human occurred in 2022 following exposure to infected poultry, the CDC said. A second case was reported this year in Texas following exposure to infected dairy cattle. [...] Bird flu has been spreading to dairy cows in US [...] The larger concern is that the virus might evolve to become easily transmitted to people. Bird flu is considered more dangerous than the annual flu because it's a strain humans have never encountered and it's likely to be highly contagious.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-04-11): Dr. Leana Wen: Bird flu, also called avian flu or avian influenza, refers to infections caused by the avian influenza Type A viruses. These viruses generally spread among wild birds, especially wild aquatic birds such as ducks and geese. They can also infect domestic poultry and other animals. [...] The H5N1 avian flu virus has been causing outbreaks among poultry in the US, with 48 states and over 85 million poultry now affected. This virus is highly contagious among domestic poultry and can spread through an entire flock within a matter of days. [...] Wen: Yes, some forms of bird flu can be transmitted to other animals. Since 2022 in the US, the avian flu H5N1 virus has been detected in more than 200 mammals. In March 2024, a multistate outbreak of this virus was reported in dairy cattle. The person in Texas who was just diagnosed with it presumably contracted it through exposure.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-05-10): Latest on POLITICO 2024 ELECTIONS [...] Federal officials have been scrambling to track and trace the bird flu outbreak that was first detected in dairy cows in Texas in March, with one confirmed human case in a Texas dairy worker. But they’ve struggled to access farms to collect data, due to pushback from state agriculture officials and farmers. Just this week, USDA announced four additional dairy herds in Michigan and one in Colorado have tested positive for avian influenza, raising the total to 42 herds in nine states. [...] The current bird flu outbreak, which stretches back to 2022, has killed or forced the culling of millions of birds in backyard flocks and commercial poultry and egg facilities but the virus is not fatal in cattle. Though the Biden administration announced new testing requirements for lactating cattle intended to slow the spread, public health experts have said the move was inadequate and that the federal government has been too slow to release new data about the virus. Since the start of the outbreak, USDA says it has conducted more than 7,500 tests. Under the federal order, officials are seeing roughly 80 more tests per day.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2023-05-05): Tom Super, the senior vice president for communications for the National Chicken Council, the national trade association for the US broiler chicken industry, said in an email to CNN that although it supports the ongoing discussions about a vaccination program, "currently we support the eradication policy of APHIS and believe that right now this is the best approach at eliminating [bird flu] in the U.S." [...] Bird flu has hurt business in the US, but it could do so in a bigger way if the nation vaccinates poultry, according to the National Chicken Council. [...] "If we start vaccinating for [bird flu] in the U.S., the broiler industry will lose our ability to export which will have a significant impact on the industry – while costing billions and billions of dollars to the U.S. economy every year," Super said.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-09-27): September 27, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States. CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), state public health and animal health officials, and other partners using a One Health approach. [...] - Cumulatively, there have been 14 human cases of H5 bird flu reported in the United States. On July 14, 2024, CDC confirmed four human cases of H5 bird flu in Colorado, and additional (fifth and sixth) cases in Colorado were confirmed at CDC and were reported on July 19, 2024. Three additional cases in Colorado from a different farm were confirmed by CDC on July 25, 2024. Nine of these 14 cumulative human cases of H5 bird flu in the United States have been confirmed as avian influenza A(H5N1). The first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States was reported on April 28, 2022, in a person in Colorado who had direct exposure to poultry and who was involved in depopulating poultry with presumptive H5N1 bird flu. The 2022 human case was not related to dairy cows. The person only reported fatigue without any other symptoms and recovered.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-09-23): August 16, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States. CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), state public health and animal health officials, and other partners using a One Health approach. Since April 2024, 13 human cases of avian influenza A(H5) virus infection have been reported in the United States. Four of these cases were associated with exposure to sick dairy cows and nine were associated with exposure to avian influenza A(H5N1) virus-infected poultry. 1 2 Based on the information available at this time, CDC's current assessment is that the immediate risk to the general public from H5 bird flu remains low. On the animal health side, USDA is reporting that 191 dairy cow herds in 13 U.S. states have confirmed cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infections in dairy cows as the number of infected herds continues to grow.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-09-23): June 14, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "A(H5N1) virus," in dairy cows and other animals in the United States. CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state public health and animal health officials, and other partners using a One Health approach. To date, there have been 3 human cases associated with an ongoing multistate outbreak of A(H5N1) in U.S. dairy cows. A Based on the information available at this time, CDC's current A(H5N1) bird flu human health risk assessment for the U.S. general public remains low. All three sporadic cases had direct contact with infected cows. On the animal health side, USDA is reporting that 92 dairy cow herds in 12 U.S. states have confirmed cases of A(H5N1) virus infections in dairy cows as the number of infected herds continues to grow.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-09-12): With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus could rise — and they’re taking steps to prevent the creation of a hybrid flu virus that could more easily infect humans.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-04-03): Bird flu is affecting a growing number of cattle herds in the US, and these infections have led to only the second known human case in the nation, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...] In total, seven herds have been affected by bird flu in Texas, two in Kansas, one in Michigan and one in New Mexico, the USDA said. It is also suspected in a herd in Idaho, but those test results are still being analyzed. Since the start of this outbreak of bird flu in January 2022, more than 82 million poultry in 48 states have been affected, according to the CDC. Cases were also detected in 9,253 wild birds, although the true number is probably much higher.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-06-15): A bird flu outbreak that has infiltrated six continents and is wreaking havoc in U.S. farms is among a group of avian influenza flu viruses first described in Italy in 1878 as a "fowl plague." [...] - Four ducks harvested by hunters North and South Carolina test positive for the virus, the first bird flu infection among wild birds in the U.S. since 2016. [...] March – April 2024 - Viral infections occur for the first time in juvenile goats on a Minnesota farm where a poultry flock tested positive.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-07-24): With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks For nearly four months, the spread of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cattle has stoked fears that, if left unchecked, the virus could eventually unleash a pandemic.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-04-02): Federal officials are preparing for the possibility of additional human cases of bird flu, testing components to create a vaccine after a Texas dairy worker was infected with the highly virulent virus, even as they stress the United States remains far from needing to activate a full-blown emergency response [...] The heightened attention on bird flu comes after the virulent H5N1 strain was recently identified in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time. Federal and state officials announced Monday that a dairy worker in Texas is being treated for bird flu, marking the second-ever human case of this bird flu strain in the United States. The patient — who experienced eye inflammation as the only symptom — was exposed to cattle presumed to be infected with the virus. Disease trackers are monitoring for additional cases, particularly whether the virus can jump from human to human, which has happened infrequently and would be cause for more alarm. [...] Since bird flu outbreaks have become widespread globally in recent years, the CDC and the Agriculture Department have enhanced surveillance — closely monitoring anyone who has been exposed to infected birds or poultry infected with H5N1 for 10 days. More than 8,000 people have been monitored in all the 50 states, D.C., New York City, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the Northern Marianas. Until this week, the only positive case was in Colorado in 2022.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-04-04): The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who've tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years. [...] The first cases of this H5N1 bird flu strain emerged in North America among wild migratory birds in late 2021 and soon spread to poultry farms. It's now showing up among dairy cows and at a major egg producer and one person who had close contact with cows has been infected. [...] Currently it's not clear exactly how bird flu is spreading among mammals, and to what extent infections are mostly happening after some kind of contact with infected birds.
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-05-12): Bird flu outbreak in US isn’t timed for November elections; it began in 2022 [...] A claim that the bird flu outbreak in the U.S. is being planned to affect the U.S. presidential elections ignores that the H5N1 virus occurs naturally and that bird flu has existed for more than a century. The H5N1 strain was first found in 1996 in southern China. The current outbreak affecting dairy cattle emerged in the U.S. in 2022. The claim is False. [...] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H5N1 Bird Flu Detections across the United States (Backyard and Commercial), accessed May 21, 2024
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2024-09-29): Latest Fact-checks in Science X posts stated on September 29, 2024 in X posts: A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election. Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: Bill Gates dijo que "estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños" en el contexto de las vacunas. Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Gates Foundation "awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans." Threads posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a post: CERN scientists admit they "accidentally" ended the world in 2012 while performing experiments into the Higgs boson particle. Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a video: Footage "shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory." Instagram posts stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections "by design." Tucker Carlson stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs. [...] Instagram posts stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections "by design."
Claim: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” (Instagram post, 2024-05-12)
Evidence (2023-06-26): The people rebelled against militarized govt mandates which ended the scamdemic.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2024-05-13): This story originated on a self-described satire site.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2022-06-01): Australian swimmers say fairness key as trans athlete Lia Thomas speaks out [...] Australia’s leading swimmers have backed the sport’s governing body, FINA, to make the appropriate call after transgender American athlete Lia Thomas said she hoped to swim in the US Olympic trials ahead of the Paris Games in 2024. [...] Thomas swam on the men’s team at Penn for three seasons before joining the women’s competition after a year off due to all college sport being cancelled in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2022-03-04): Lia Thomas Aiming to Compete at 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials March 4, 2022University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas plans to compete for a spot at the 2024 Olympics after her collegiate career, she told Robert Sanchez of Sports Illustrated. [...] Thomas previously competed in men's competitions at Penn in 2018 before she took 2019-20 off to transition (the subsequent Ivy League season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). She has competed in women's races this year and has set records, especially turning heads at the Zippy Invitational in December.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2022-05-31): Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Aims for 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas says she hopes to swim in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials despite controversy around her success. "I intend to keep swimming," Thomas said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on Good Morning America. "It’s been a goal of mine to swim at Olympic trials for a very long time, and I would love to see that through." Thomas, who won gold in the 500-yard freestyle at the Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in March, has been at the heart of a heated public debate about trans athletes in sport, with some (including 16 of her Penn teammates) arguing she should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Thomas competed on Penn’s men’s swim team for four years before taking part in the female NCAA championships in 2022. After graduating from Penn in May, Thomas says she plans to attend law school as well as hopefully swimming in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. "Trans women are not a threat to women's sports," she added.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2024-07-29): On Oct. 30, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article positing that Lia Thomas, an American swimmer who rose to fame after becoming the first openly transgender woman to win the NCAA Division I national championship in 2022, had been denied the right to participate in the 2024 Olympics, claiming that the Olympic Committee didn't "want a cheater." The article began: Breaking: Olympic Committee Denies Lia Thomas' 2024 Olympic Participation Request The decision by the Olympic Committee to deny Lia Thomas' request for participation in the 2024 Olympics marks an extraordinary and unprecedented move in the realm of competitive sports. The rejection, underscored by the Committee's scathing remark, "We don't want a cheater," not only dismisses Thomas's personal athletic merits but also conveys a broader, more controversial message. This outright denial and the accompanying harsh language are rare for an organization that typically veils its rejections in the more neutral language of policy and fairness.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2024-01-26): Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has begun legal proceedings against World Aquatics, swimming’s governing body, after it voted to restrict transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [...] Thomas’ legal focus aims to overturn the policy that dictates male-to-female transgender athletes would only be eligible to compete in the women’s categories if they transition before the age of 12 or before they reach stage two of the puberty Tanner Stages. [...] The debate on transgender women in swimming, which led to the new gender inclusion policy and open category, came under a spotlight when Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania swimmer who started on the school’s men’s swimming team in 2017, eventually joined the UPenn women’s team in 2020.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2024-06-13): Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has spoken out after losing a legal battle that will essentially see her barred from competing in next month's Olympics in Paris. [...] Responding to ruling, Thomas said in a statement provided by her legal team that the upholding of the ban should serve as a "call to action for trans women athletes." [...] Thomas first made national headlines in 2021, after defeating rival college swimmers by large margins. It ignited a debate about whether transgender swimmers, as in Thomas' case, should be allowed to compete against cisgender rivals of the female gender.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2022-05-31): Trans swimmer Lia Thomas aims for Olympics as doctors say she has ‘biological advantage’ [...] Trans swimmer Lia Thomas aims for Olympics as doctors say she has ‘biological advantage’Back to video [...] Recommended from Editorial ‘I’M A WOMAN’: Trans swimmer Lia Thomas defends herself and why she belongs on women’s team
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2023-10-24): On Oct. 21, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article claiming that former NCAA swimmer Lia Thomas had decided to swim with a men's team after facing "extreme criticism." Thomas, a transgender woman, become the first known trans athlete to win a Division I national championship in any sport in March 2022. [...] Breaking: Lia Thomas to Swim With A Men’s Team After Extreme Criticism In a move that has sent shockwaves through the world of competitive swimming, Lia Thomas has reportedly decided to join a men’s swim team after enduring relentless criticism surrounding her participation in women’s events. This decision is emblematic of the broader challenges and controversies that transgender athletes face and further intensifies the debate on gender, biology, and fairness in sports.
Claim: “U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.” (Facebook posts, 2024-05-13)
Evidence (2024-06-03): A post shared on social media purports the U.S. Olympic Committee said that transgender swimmer Lia Thomas can try out for the men’s team. [...] A post shared on Facebook alleges that the U.S. Olympics Committee told Thomas to try out for the men’s team. The post includes an image of Thomas before and after transitioning. "US Olympics Comittee (sic) says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team," text on the image reads.