Claim: We're not witnessing an outbreak of monkeypox across first-world countries, but the consequences of the damage that has been caused to immune systems by the Covid-19 vaccines.
Fact-check: Monkeypox is not a government conspiracy to cover up 'vaccine-induced' diseases - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. thousands of monkeypox infections have been confirmed in laboratories, and the covid-19 vaccines have not caused widespread immune damage.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-08-12T00:00:00