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Fact Check: Fake Movie Poster of Omicron Variant Got Viral

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021

As the new variant of corona virus ‘Omicron’ is emerging, social media platforms are filled with posts regarding this new variant. #OmicronVariant is also running with thousands of tweets on Twitter. Under this hashtag, an image has got viral of a movie poster with the title “The Omicron Variant”. Many people have shared this poster […]

Fact Check: “Omicron” originated from South Africa in November or July,2021

December 1, 2021November 30, 2021

A twitter account by the name Stacey Rudin, having 20K Followers claims that the WHO statement that the “Omicron” was first reported by South Africa on 11/24/21 is not right. WEF has reported this same variant-B.1.1.529, out of South Africa- way back in July. It can be seen this tweet has received around 4K retweets, […]