{"id":1627183,"date":"2022-08-30T16:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627183"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:05:25","slug":"reuters-forced-to-fact-check-claims-that-beto-orourke-caught-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reuters-forced-to-fact-check-claims-that-beto-orourke-caught-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Forced To Fact-Check Claims That Beto O\u2019Rourke Caught Monkeypox"},"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\">20<\/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%2Freuters-forced-to-fact-check-claims-that-beto-orourke-caught-monkeypox%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=1627183&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>Reuters was forced to fact-check claims that Texas gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/very-clearly-staged-cbs-reporter-says-beto-used-seat-holders-to-slip-into-abbott-presser-unnoticed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Francis \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke<\/a> (D) had contracted monkeypox after the former congressman announced he was taking some time to recover from an undisclosed illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter feeling ill on Friday, I went to Methodist Hospital in San Antonio where I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/hell-yes-gun-grabbing-beto-is-back-people-who-own-ar-15s-shouldnt-be-able-to-keep-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Rourke<\/a> tweeted on Sunday. \u201cThe extraordinary team there \u2014 from custodians to nurses and doctors \u2014 gave me excellent care and attention, including IV antibiotics and rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors\u2019 recommendations,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am sorry to have had to postpone events because of this, but promise to be back on the road with you as soon as I am able.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors\u2019 recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>I am sorry to have had to postpone events because of this, but promise to be back on the road with you as soon as I am able.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beto O&#8217;Rourke (@BetoORourke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1563981544544509952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The majority of people responded to the news by wishing O\u2019Rourke a speedy recovery. However, shortly after he made the announcement, a few people began to tweet their (unfounded) suspicions that the Texas politician was actually recovering from monkeypox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas anyone in the media even asked Beto O\u2019Rourke who he got monkeypox from?\u201d @PartymanRandy tweeted. \u201cIf a Republican had to suspend their campaign due to monkeypox, you know the media would demand every detail. But since it\u2019s Beto O\u2019Rourke who has monkeypox, they aren\u2019t even curious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If a republican had to suspend their campaign due to monkeypox, you know the media would demand every detail.<\/p>\n<p>But since it&#8217;s Beto O&#8217;Rourke who has monkeypox, they aren&#8217;t even curious.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PartymanRandy\/status\/1564622074169229325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did Beto get monkeypox?\u201d another asked.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How did Beto get monkeypox??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Semi Fascist Liberty Mom \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@modmothernature) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/modmothernature\/status\/1564050667592830978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of any evidence confirming the rumor, enough people began spreading it that Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-beto-bacterial-infection\/fact-check-beto-orourke-battling-a-bacterial-infection-spokesperson-says-idUSL1N3051YN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped in<\/a> and published a fact check stating that the claims were false.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the people who originally began circulating the claim had not presented any evidence, the outlet also pointed out the fact that monkeypox is a virus \u2014 related to smallpox and cowpox \u2014 rather than a bacterial infection that can be treated with simple antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters also published a statement from a spokesperson for O\u2019Rourke, who said, \u201cThe claims are false. Doctors diagnosed Beto with a bacterial infection, which they treated with antibiotics. His symptoms continue to improve and he will be back on the road as soon as he is able.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Reuters\u2019 final verdict on the issue?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo evidence. Beto O\u2019Rourke\u2019s spokesperson told Reuters that the Democratic candidate for Governor fell ill from a bacterial infection, not monkeypox.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters was forced to fact-check claims that Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke (D) had contracted monkeypox after the former congressman announced he was taking some time to recover from an undisclosed illness. \u201cAfter feeling ill on Friday, I went to Methodist Hospital in San Antonio where I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1627185,"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-1627183","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\/1627183","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1627185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}