{"id":1599349,"date":"2022-08-10T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599349"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:40:51","slug":"fact-check-has-the-who-director-general-not-been-vaccinated-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-the-who-director-general-not-been-vaccinated-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Has The WHO Director-General Not Been Vaccinated Against COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-has-the-who-director-general-not-been-vaccinated-against-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>A video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrew.drew.bowen\/posts\/5289951777752099\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> purportedly shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying he has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-15zivkp\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-1hwvwag r-18kxxzh r-1b7u577\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\" data-testid=\"Tweet-User-Avatar\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18kxxzh r-1wbh5a2 r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-h3s6tt r-bztko3\" data-testid=\"UserAvatar-Container-WendyB89696502\">\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1pi2tsx r-1wyvozj r-bztko3 r-u8s1d r-1v2oles r-desppf r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"r-1adg3ll r-13qz1uu\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7497322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM.png 694w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM-168x120.png 168w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM-620x443-1.png 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM-768x548-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM-1536x1097-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-10.48.47-AM-2047x1463-1.png 2047w\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the clip is genuine, it was filmed over a year ago. In the full interview, <span>Ghebreyesus explains he received his first COVID-19 vaccine shot the month before, a moment he documented on his Twitter account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 4 Facebook video appears to show a clip of an interview <span>Ghebreyesus did in which he seemingly states he has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccination. The interviewer asks him when he received his first shot of the vaccine, to which Ghebreyesus replies by saying,\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cYou know, still I feel like I know where I belong: in a poor country called Ethiopia, in a poor continent called Africa, and wanted to wait until Africa and other countries, in other regions, low-income countries, start vaccination. So I was protesting, in other words, because we\u2019re failing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cTedros not jabbed?\u201d reasds the video\u2019s caption. \u201cWell who\u2019d have thought? Here you have <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/who?__eep__=6&#038;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXYaohhCyY12u5Kc8pca1OiYWqLO3gzNVZ89yKPe0j5HZVXCQAXaRwLbUdKkZtEnL2A-_dbYJHEU33eFgnxBgw8eIPRX17IE-8n2Xb1qVlrEQpJ-vwpgSC0j4ZcF8sk_o8z0e8R16tkmZlptoECtjpe&#038;__tn__=*NK-R\">#WHO<\/a> Director General <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/tedros?__eep__=6&#038;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXYaohhCyY12u5Kc8pca1OiYWqLO3gzNVZ89yKPe0j5HZVXCQAXaRwLbUdKkZtEnL2A-_dbYJHEU33eFgnxBgw8eIPRX17IE-8n2Xb1qVlrEQpJ-vwpgSC0j4ZcF8sk_o8z0e8R16tkmZlptoECtjpe&#038;__tn__=*NK-R\">#Tedros<\/a> saying he is not vaccinated\u2026 WHO is one big sham\u2026 WAKE UP! You have been played.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another iteration <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendyB89696502\/status\/1555093751701377025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555093751701377025%7Ctwgr%5E6baf6f63f1adae6d300df5b92ea9e4052d7ec067%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Ffactcheck-tedros-vaccine-idUSL1N2ZH2B1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> shows the same video. \u201cTedros not jabbed? Well who\u2019d have thought?\u201d the tweet reads.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tedros not jabbed? Well who\u2019d have thought? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cf1Vt8pQm2\">pic.twitter.com\/Cf1Vt8pQm2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wendy B#RejectTheReform#StopTheTreaty (@WendyB89696502) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendyB89696502\/status\/1555093751701377025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video is missing context. The clip stems from a scene in the HBO documentary<span>\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbo.com\/movies\/how-to-survive-a-pandemic\">How to Survive a Pandemic<\/a>\u201d in which Ghebreyesus is interviewed by a reporter in June 2021. The scene shared on Facbook is authentic, but the HBO documentary cut Ghebreyesus\u2019 full answer. Accroding to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/i-m-still-feeling-we-re-failing-exasperated-who-leader-speaks-out-about-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">print edition<\/a> of the full interview, the WHO head told the interviewer he recieved his first shot in May 2021 and then went on to explain why he had chosen not to receive it sooner. The documentary appears to have cut the part in which he says he recieved his first shot in May.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ghebreyesus shared an image of himself receiving the shot on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros\/status\/1392567013537615874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account in May 2021.<\/span><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/27\/fact-check-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-covid-vaccine-kill-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(<\/strong><\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/27\/fact-check-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-covid-vaccine-kill-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RELATED: Did The Who Director-General Say COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Are Being \u2018Used To Kill Children\u2019?)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today it was my turn to get vaccinated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hopitaux_unige?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hopitaux_unige<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>. Vaccines save lives. It\u2019s critical to get them to all counties A.S.A.P. If like me you live in a country where vaccines are available, please get vaccinated when it\u2019s your turn. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioNMLH5TW9\">pic.twitter.com\/ioNMLH5TW9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros\/status\/1392567013537615874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cDr Tedros has been vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and has communicated this publicly, including after receiving his first dose in May 2021,\u201d a WHO spokesperson said in an email to Check Your Fact. <\/span><span>\u201c<\/span><span>The social media post claiming Dr Tedros is not vaccinated is blatantly false, and another example of harmful misinformation shared in relation to vital health matters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying he has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1599349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}