Fact checks about the monkeypox outbreak, including symptoms, transmission, relation to other diseases and the latest information from public health bodies
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An article claiming the monkeypox outbreak is evidence that the Covid-19 vaccine causes a form of AIDS is not based in fact. Read
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A video of a man opening textbooks to pages about monkeypox does not show the outbreak is a ‘war on us’. Read
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They are caused by completely different viruses. Read
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Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a virus. There is no evidence it is a side effect of vaccination against Covid-19. Read
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While reporting on the rise of monkeypox, the Times said that smallpox is the only disease ever eradicated by humans. But there has been another—the cattle disease, rinderpest. Read
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