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Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2023-06-19): As I mentioned, the economic relationship with China is vitally important; and also, when it’s fair, a very positive thing for countries around the world. And at a time when countries are trying to rebound from COVID, something the United States has done very successfully, we want to see growth, we want to see success, in every part of the world, including, of course, in the major economies like China. It’s in our interest. But at the same time, as I said, it’s not in our interest to provide technology to China that could be used against us. And at a time when it’s engaged in a buildup of its nuclear weapons program in a very opaque way, when it’s producing hypersonic missiles, when it’s using technology for repressive purposes against its own people, how is it in our interest to provide those specific technologies to China? And other countries feel the same way.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2023-01-04): Shenzhen TV: It is reported that US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that China lacks transparency in sharing COVID information. He said that China should provide more COVID information, as it is in the world’s interest and also in the interest of China. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the US and other countries are taking health measures targeting people travelling from China to protect their citizens, and China should not take retaliatory measures. What is China’s comment? [...] For his part, President Lula asked Vice President Wang to convey his heartfelt thanks and cordial greetings to President Xi, and extended warm welcome to Vice President Wang for attending his inauguration ceremony. He said that Brazil attaches great importance to its relations with China, and hopes to strengthen strategic and long-term cooperation with the country. He added that he looks forward to leading a delegation to China to further deepen bilateral practical cooperation in various fields, enhance friendship between the peoples of the two countries, and lift Brazil-China relations to a new level. We attach high importance to the China-Brazil comprehensive strategic partnership and welcome President Lula to visit China at a time of mutual convenience. If there is information on that, we will release it in a timely manner.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (1997-10-14): Brazil and the United States share a fundamental belief that opening the markets of our hemisphere to trade and investment is the best way to create good jobs and strengthen democracy and cooperation in all our countries.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2003-04-29): The United States relationship with China is an important part of our strategy to promote a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Asia-Pacific region.We welcome the emergence of a strong, peaceful, and prosperous China. The democratic development of China is crucial to that future. Yet, a quarter century after beginning the process of shedding the worst features of the Communist legacy, Chinas leaders have not yet made the next series of fundamental choices about the character of their state. In pursuing advanced military capabilities that can threaten its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region, China is following an outdated path that, in the end, will hamper its own pursuit of national greatness. In time, China will find that social and political freedom is the only source of that greatness. The United States seeks a constructive relationship with a changing China.We already cooperate well where our interests overlap, including the current war on terrorism and in promoting stability on the Korean peninsula. Likewise, we have coordinated on the future of Afghanistan and have initiated a comprehensive dialogue on counterterrorism and similar transitional concerns. Shared health and environmental threats, such as the spread of HIV/AIDS, challenge us to promote jointly the welfare of our citizens.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2024-04-09): Meanwhile, Brazil, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa seem set on deepening their relations with China and are likewise determined not to allow the United States to dictate the nature of these. For example, Washington failed to get these countries to restrict the use of Huawei equipment in their 5G networks. "We are not afraid of the big bad wolf," Lula’s chief adviser said when asked about the United States’ opposition to Brazil’s technological cooperation with China.83 Indonesia’s geographical and economic imperatives make a significant shift in its approach to China very unlikely. Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will not eschew opportunities to cooperate with China. As already noted, changes in government could alter these positions to some degree in certain countries, yet the record suggests that these changes may not have a dramatic effect. [...] 72 Meaghan Tobin and Lyric Li, "Lula Tells Xi ‘Nobody Can Stop’ Brazil-China Relationship," Washington Post, April 14, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/brazil-china-lula-xi-jinping.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2020-02-27): The relationship with China is a very good one. And I can tell you that, again, President Xi is working really hard. He wants this problem solved. As hard as you can work.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2024-03-31): - [Statement] Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian fields questions on Russian allegations that biological weapons are being developed in laboratories in Ukraine with support from the United States and deflects questions about China’s sources of information. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki refutes Chinese and Russian claims about U.S. biological weapons in Ukraine, and numerous independent media outlets confirm there is no evidence for the claims.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2023-01-20): Q And this week, President Biden said that the institutional structures in Brazil are collapsing. Is the White House concerned that the risks remain high in Brazil and democracy in Brazil is still in danger?
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2023-05-31): MR. KIRBY: No. We’re comfortable with the — with the U.S.-Brazil relationship. Quite comfortable, as a matter of fact. [...] We view our relationship with China as a competition. And we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the security component of that, but there’s also an economic component to that.
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Meanwhile, Kissinger stated that "the US-China relationship is of vital importance to the peace and prosperity of both countries and the world" and that he is "willing to continue to make efforts to enhance mutual understanding between the people of the US and China". [...] The DOC readout said that the discussions centered on the "overall environment in both countries for trade and investment and areas for potential cooperation" and that the Secretary "raised concerns about the recent spate of PRC actions taken against U.S. companies operating in the PRC", in reference to the recent investigations into foreign consulting companies in China. [...] However, US-China relations remain an issue of major concern for US companies in China, with 87 percent of respondents stating that they were pessimistic about bilateral relations. This sentiment has remained prominent since the release of the March survey, in which respondents "cited ‘rising tensions in US-China relations’ as their top challenge".
Claim: White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship (Viral Post, 2023-04-03)
Evidence (2024-04-29): Now, even as we seek to deepen cooperation where our interests align, the United States is very clear-eyed about the challenges posed by the PRC and about our competing visions for the future. America will always defend our core interests and values. In my discussions today, I reiterated our serious concern about the PRC providing components that are powering Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. China is the top supplier of machine tools, microelectronics, nitrocellulose – which is critical to making munitions and rocket propellants, and other dual-use items that Moscow is using to ramp up its defense industrial base, a defense industrial base that is churning out rockets, drones, tanks, and other weapons that President Putin is using to invade a sovereign country, to demolish its power grid and other civilian infrastructure, to kill innocent children, women, and men. Russia would struggle to sustain its assault on Ukraine without China’s support. [...] I also expressed our concern about the PRC’s unfair trade practices and the potential consequences of industrial overcapacity to global and U.S. markets, especially in a number of key industries that will drive the 21st century economy, like solar panels, electric vehicles, and the batteries that power them. China alone is producing more than 100 percent of global demand for these products, flooding markets, undermining competition, putting at risk livelihoods and businesses around the world.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2020-03-29): The WHO made no such statement. There is no evidence that vegetarians fare better than non-vegetarians when it comes to COVID-19 infections.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2024-01-02): Individuals consuming a plant-based diet and mainly vegetarian diet had a lower incidence of COVID-19 even after adjusting for several confounding variables. [...] We combined the vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian groups because of the relatively lower sample size of the vegan group. When dietetic groups (omnivorous, vegetarian and flexitarian) were analysed, we observed a lower chance of individuals in the vegetarian and flexitarian groups of having COVID-19 in the crude analysis (OR=0.62, p=0.007 and 0.63, respectively, p=0.054) and in model 1 (OR=0.58, p=0.003 and 0.61, p=0.045, respectively). The lower incidence of COVID-19 in the vegetarian group persisted after applying model 2 (OR=0.61, p=0.008) and model 3 (OR=0.61, p=0.009) (see figure 2B). For the severity of COVID-19, no significant differences were observed between omnivorous and plant-based groups (see figure 2C) or between the three dietetic groups (see figure 2D). [...] Our study provides evidence that individuals with a plant-based diet and mainly a vegetarian diet had a lower incidence of COVID-19 even after accounting for important variables like physical activity, BMI and pre-existing conditions. Those who reported following plant-based diets or vegetarian diets had a higher intake of vegetables, legumes and nuts, and lower intake of dairy and meats. Our results suggest that a plant-based diet and mainly vegetarian diet may be considered for protection against infection with COVID-19.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2020-08-14): There is currently no evidence that people can catch COVID-19 from food or food packaging. COVID-19 is a respiratory illness and the transmission route is through person-to-person contact and through direct contact with respiratory droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food – they need a live animal or human host to multiply and survive ( see question 10 of Questions relating to food businesses). Washing fruit and vegetables with potable water is sufficient: it is recommended to follow the WHO Five keys to safer food.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2022-04-06): Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2021-11-29): Omicron: WHO warns of 'high infection risk' around globe The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. [...] The head of the organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2022-01-06): The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. [...] But the record number of people catching it has left health systems under severe pressure, said WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [...] The WHO - the UN's health agency - said the number of global cases has increased by 71% in the last week, and in the Americas by 100%. It said that among severe cases worldwide, 90% were unvaccinated.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-05-05): Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday. WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee discussed the pandemic on Thursday at its 15th meeting on Covid-19, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concurred that the public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, declaration should end. [...] Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead and head of its program on emerging disease, said that the emergency phase of the Covid-19 crisis is over but the disease is "here to stay" and the coronavirus that causes the disease is not going away any time soon.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2024-09-13): The World Health Organization (WHO) is a leading organisation involved in the global coordination for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic within the broader United Nations response to the pandemic. [...] The WHO has been criticized for not stating that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic until significantly after it had already clearly become one.[223] On 18 January 2021, an independent panel led by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf criticised the WHO for not declaring an international emergency sooner and called for its reform. The panel questioned why the Emergency Committee of WHO only met in the third week of January 2020, and an international emergency was not declared until its second meeting on January 30. It also criticised China for not applying public health measures more forcefully in January 2020. The report says that "the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose" and that the "World Health Organization has been underpowered to do the job."[224] [...] - ^ "Global health experts advise WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19 virus". UN News. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2020-01-10): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2020-03-19): WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic - PMID: 32191675 - PMCID: PMC7569573 - DOI: 10.23750/abm.v91i1.9397 [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold. Further increases are expected. He said that the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," and he called on countries to take action now to contain the virus. "We should double down," he said. "We should be more aggressive." [...]. [...] References - - WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID19 -March 2020 - - CIDRAP-Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. 11 March 2020 - - Srinivas M, Gomersall CD, Fowler R. Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 JAMA. Published online. March 11, 2020 doi:10.1001/JAMA.2020.3633. - PubMed
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-03-28): 28 March 2023 | Q&AWHO is continuously monitoring and responding to this pandemic. This questions and answers page will be updated as more is known about COVID-19, how it spreads and how it is affecting people worldwide. For more information, regularly check the WHO coronavirus pages. https://www.who.int/covid-19 COVID-19 is the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31 December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of so-called viral pneumonia in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China. [...] Most people make a full recovery without needing hospital treatment. For those with COVID-19 who are at high risk of severe illness (see question below), WHO has made recommendations on which drug treatments are effective in improving outcomes and preventing hospital admissions.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-08-09): The World Health Organization is the global coordinating agency for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Organization works with Member States and partners on all aspects of the pandemic response, including facilitating research, developing guidance, coordinating vaccine development and distribution, and monitoring daily case numbers and trends around the world. [...] WHO provides global coordination and member state support on vaccine safety monitoring. It developed the target product profiles for COVID-19 vaccines and provides R&D technical coordination. [...] Although WHO announced the end of the emergency phase of COVID-19 in May 2023, the Organization continues to coordinate the global response.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2021-03-30): The report stems from a Member State resolution adopted by consensus at the World Health Assembly in May 2020 and calling on WHO "to identify the zoonotic source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, including through efforts such as scientific and collaborative field missions." [...] Only a few weeks into the outbreak, the IHR Emergency Committee of independent experts recommended that WHO and China pursue efforts to identify the animal source of the virus. [...] - WHA73.1 from 19 May 2020: 9. (6) to continue to work closely with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and countries, as part of the One-Health Approach to identify the zoonotic source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, including through efforts such as scientific and collaborative field missions, which will enable targeted interventions and a research agenda to reduce the risk of similar events occurring, as well as to provide guidance on how to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) in animals and humans and prevent the establishment of new zoonotic reservoirs, as well as to reduce further risks of emergence and transmission of zoonotic diseases;
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-05-05): WHO declares end to COVID-19’s emergency phase [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the decision following a recommendation by the organization’s COVID-19 emergency committee. During a meeting on Thursday, the committee highlighted the decreasing numbers of deaths and hospitalizations and the high levels of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 as reasons for ending the PHEIC.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-05-12): Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)—the highest possible level of alarm that mandates countries to act under international health regulations. The WHO said the announcement meant Covid is no longer considered an "unusual or unexpected event", and it was widely reported as being a major step towards ending the pandemic. However the WHO did not say that the pandemic is over, contrary to some media reports. [...] What did the WHO say?
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2023-05-05): Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency". [...] The World Health Organization first declared Covid-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in January 2020.
Claim: the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that no vegetarian has contracted COVID-19 (Viral post, 2020-03-29)
Evidence (2020-05-12): A screenshot of a viral video clip is being shared with the claims that according to a WHO report, no vegetarian person in the world has been found to have contracted coronavirus New Delhi: A post has been doing the rounds on social media claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that vegetarians haven’t contracted coronavirus. Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that no vegetarian has contracted the novel coronavirus.