evidence: Bird flu outbreak in US isn’t timed for November elections; it began in 2022 [...] A claim that the bird flu outbreak in the U.S. is being planned to affect the U.S. presidential elections ignores that the H5N1 virus occurs naturally and that bird flu has existed for more than a century. The H5N1 strain was first found in 1996 in southern China. The current outbreak affecting dairy cattle emerged in the U.S. in 2022. The claim is False. [...] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H5N1 Bird Flu Detections across the United States (Backyard and Commercial), accessed May 21, 2024