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☆ Fact Check-No evidence Burning Man officials announced Ebola case on X
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
There is no evidence that a screenshot showing an announcement from the account on X, formerly Twitter, of the Burning Man festival saying a case of Ebola was recorded at the gathering is real. The screenshot shared on Facebook (here) and X (here) shows a post from the ‘@burningman’ account which reads, “For anyone who attended Burning Man, we unfortunately have to share with you that an attendee has contracted ebola. (here)On being shown the viral screenshot, Burning Man spokesperson Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley told Reuters that it is “unequivocally fake”. (here)Thousands attending the 2023 Burning Man festival were stranded in the Nevada Desert after unexpected summer rain turned the site into mud, closing access to and from Black Rock City, the event's site, Reuters reported on Saturday. A Burning Man spokesperson told Reuters that a screenshot showing a post from its official X account about an attendee contracting the Ebola virus at the 2023 event is not real.
Persons: Dominique Debucquoy, Dodley, John Asselin, Scott Pauley, “, ”, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, U.S Bureau of Land Management, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, ” Reuters, Black, Black Rock City Locations: Nevada, Black Rock
☆ Fact Check-Forbes headline about Ebola outbreak at Burning Man is altered
  + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Forbes did not publish an article titled, “Yes, There’s An Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man.” Instead, it reported there was no Ebola outbreak at the Burning Man arts and music festival in the Nevada desert. “The image … appears to be an altered screenshot of a Forbes story entitled, ‘No, There’s Not An Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man,’” a spokesperson for Forbes said in an email to Reuters. The timestamp, author, and satellite image of the Burning Man festival in this article match the altered screenshot (here). Reuters found no evidence to support online claims that there was an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man (here). Forbes did not report that there was an Ebola outbreak at the Burning Man festival.
Persons: Forbes, revelers, ’ ”, ”, Scott Pauley, Read Organizations: Man, Facebook, Reuters, “ CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, U.S . Bureau of Land Management Locations: Nevada, Black Rock
☆ Fact Check-LA airport evacuated because of a suspicious item, not Burning Man quarantine
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
“Private jet from Burning Man lands at LAX and get (sic) quarantined on runway and airport evacuated,” read a post sharing video of the evacuation on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here). The X post included hashtags #Ebola and #outbreak that refer to a separate, unfounded narrative that there was a virus outbreak at Burning Man (here). Screenshots of the X post were also shared on Facebook (here) and (here). Burning Man festival organizers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. LAX was not evacuated because of a quarantine or reasons related to the Burning Man festival.
Persons: revelers, ”, Dae Levine, Scott Pauley, Read Organizations: Los Angeles International Airport, Man, Reuters, Posts, LAX, Facebook, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Los, Los Angeles World Airports, CDC, U.S . Bureau of Land Management Locations: Nevada, LA, Los Angeles, Black Rock
☆ CDC is talking to airlines about wastewater testing in planes. New reports support that strategy.
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Aria-Bendix-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Aria Bendix | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
The U.S. has been monitoring for the coronavirus in wastewater since the CDC launched its National Wastewater Surveillance System in September 2020. But that testing mainly involves wastewater from households or buildings, not samples from airports or planes. Previous Covid-19 wastewater surveillance has shown to be a valuable tool, and airplane wastewater surveillance could potentially be an option," CDC press officer Scott Pauley told NBC News. Politico first reported that the agency is considering airplane wastewater testing. As of October, more than 1,250 sites were conducting wastewater testing across the U.S.
☆ Fact Check-No reports of an Ebola virus outbreak at GW Hospital
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
There is no evidence of a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus at The George Washington (GW) University Hospital in Washington, D.C., health officials told Reuters. Users online are sharing a claim that the hospital is no longer accepting patients out of concern over a possible Ebola outbreak. Examples of users sharing images of a tweet that reads, “BREAKING NEWS: GW HOSPITAL isn’t accepting no patients due to a possible EBOLA OUTBREAK. Also Washington Hospital Center has no bed space with a line out the door” can be seen on Facebook (here) and (here). There has not been a reported case of a patient who tested positive for the Ebola virus at GW Hospital, health officials told Reuters.
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