Burning Man flooding triggers false claims of Ebola outbreak, ‘national emergency’

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Burning Man flooding triggers false claims of Ebola outbreak, ‘national emergency’
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AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.

, of a national emergency declaration and FEMA confirmed that it was not involved in the situation.

The TikTok video, like other posts, goes on to relay baseless rumors of reported cases of Ebola, whose occasional outbreaks in humans, at the festival. Some posts also shared an image made to appear that the CDC confirmed the supposed outbreak on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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