Claim: Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim US election years coincide with major disease outbreaks. These claims are misleading; several years of discovery or the associated spread of a disease do not match election years, national and international health organizations said.
Fact-check: Major disease outbreaks are not tied to US election years
Verdict: partly false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-03-18T19:16:00