Claim: The circulation of H5N1 bird flu in animals and limited infections in humans have motivated flu preparedness activities, such as stockpiling vaccines. Social media posts have baselessly implied that these efforts are evidence that a new laboratory-derived version of the virus is going to cause a pandemic -- or even that there is a conspiracy to release bird flu from a lab.
Fact-check: Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Activities Are Not Evidence of a Conspiracy - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the circulation of h5n1 bird flu in animals and limited infections in humans have motivated flu preparedness activities, such as stockpiling vaccines. social media posts have baselessly implied that these efforts are evidence that a new laboratory-derived version of the virus is going to cause a pandemic -- or even that there is a conspiracy to release bird flu from a lab.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Kate Yandell
Date published: 2024-08-22T19:03:30