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Mpox isn’t misdiagnosed shingles
A video has been widely shared on social media, in which a German doctor claims that shingles cases are being wrongly diagnosed as mpox. Read
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Monkeypox
Fact checks about the monkeypox outbreak, including symptoms, transmission, relation to other diseases and the latest information from public health bodies
No evidence WHO has ordered preparation for mpox ‘mega lockdowns’
A screenshot of a headline circulating online falsely claims that World Health Organisation chiefs have ordered preparation for lockdowns over an mpox strain. Read
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Monkeypox simulation event doesn’t mean outbreak was planned
The virus was used in a fictional scenario during a theoretical planning event in March 2021. Read
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No evidence shingles ‘renamed’ as monkeypox is a Pfizer vaccine side effect
Shingles and monkeypox are caused by two totally different viruses. Read
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Monkeypox is not a government conspiracy to cover up ‘vaccine-induced’ diseases
Thousands of monkeypox infections have been directly confirmed in laboratories, and the Covid-19 vaccines have not caused widespread damage to people’s immune systems Read
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Monkeypox isn’t just spread by sexual contact
Monkeypox is thought to be primarily spreading through sexual contact, but there are other ways to catch the disease. A small number of cases in children have been confirmed in the US and Europe. Read
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Article about monkeypox living on door handles for 120 years is fake
The altered screenshot also claims the virus “can infect anyone from 5 miles away”. Read
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Monkeypox is not a cover-up for the effects of the Covid-19 vaccine
There’s no evidence of any link between the recent monkeypox virus outbreak and the Covid-19 vaccines, which do not damage immune systems, as a video claims. Read
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Monkeypox is being detected in countries with and without wild monkeys
The bigger question is why there are outbreaks in countries where it isn’t endemic. Read
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Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise
A tweet claims shingles is ‘being termed as monkeypox’. Read
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