Claim: A businessman's post on Instagram and Facebook wrongly claims that the U.S. government "changed the definition of pandemic" in 2004, suggesting that COVID-19 would not have qualified under the old definition. There's no evidence for those claims -- and COVID-19 is by all means a pandemic.
Fact-check: Businessman's Social Media Post Distorts Facts on Definition of a Pandemic - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a businessman's post on instagram and facebook wrongly claims that the u.s. government "changed the definition of pandemic" in 2004, suggesting that covid-19 would not have qualified under the old definition. there's no evidence for those claims -- and covid-19 is by all means a pandemic.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Angelo Fichera
Date published: 2021-07-20T22:38:18