Health experts dismiss false claim that COVID-19 fits a pattern of viral outbreaks every 100 years ?
An info graphic has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows that the 2020 novel corona-virus pandemic fits a pattern of viral outbreaks that occur every 100 years. The claim is false; the info graphic contains inaccurate information about historical viral outbreaks and ignores other epidemics that do not fit the assumed pattern; health experts told AFP that while certain viruses are seasonal in nature, there is no basis for the claim that viral outbreaks occur once every century.
The info-graphic was published in Facebook post on March 12, 2020. It has been shared more than 300 times.
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