Claim: The World Health Organization began using the term "Disease X" in a 2018 planning document to refer to a "currently unknown" illness. But since the term was used at the January meeting of the World Economic Forum, conspiracy theorists baselessly claim Disease X is part of a "Globalist Plan to ... Install World Government."
Fact-check: Posts Misrepresent WHO Term 'Disease X' for Possible Future Illness - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the world health organization began using the term "disease x" in a 2018 planning document to refer to a "currently unknown" illness. but since the term was used at the january meeting of the world economic forum, conspiracy theorists baselessly claim disease x is part of a "globalist plan to ... install world government."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2024-01-26T20:45:55