Claim: A graphic shows that areas that voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum perfectly align with areas that had mad cow disease outbreaks in 1992.
Fact-check: Areas that voted Brexit weren't the only ones affected by mad cow disease - Full Fact
Verdict: this post appears to have originally been shared as a joke. the two maps are exactly the same—both show the result of the 2016 eu referendum, but one has been edited so it is in greyscale.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00