Claim: Posts shared on Greek social media in early 2023 falsely linked a long-running shortage of medicines with medical and vaccine technology. The posts claimed the pharmaceutical industry was withdrawing medicines to replace them with nanotechnology; they urged people to avoid medicines marked "medical devices". But these claims misrepresent the nature of medical devices, which are not absorbed by the body, pharmacists told AFP. The low supply of drugs in Greece and elsewhere in Europe is the result of real world events, including the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fact-check: Misleading and false claims about Greece's medicine shortage circulate online
Verdict: misleading and false claims about greece's medicine shortage circulate online
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Théophile Bloudanis
Date published: 2023-03-08T16:17:00