Claim(permalink)
The media space, especially social media platforms, was inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four United States biological laboratories in Nigeria.
✓factcheckhub rating: not verifiable; published on 2022-09-21
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left political leaning
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neutral sentiment
Date published
2022-09-21
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