Are People Collapsing in the Street from Coronavirus?







A spokesperson for the World Health Organization said that fainting in this manner from coronavirus would be "atypical."







































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['Videos show people collapsing on the street due to coronavirus.', 'In January 2020, videos supposedly showing people collapsing on the street due to “coronavirus” started to circulate on social media. Here’s one example that garnered more than 1.2 million views:', 'Wuhan China 🇨🇳', 'Corona Virus Update⚠️ Disturbing  Leaked Video shows People literally falling over as they succumb to Virus.', '10 cities 33 million people have now been quarantined.1 case found outside quarantine area This Morning.', 'Retweet The Truth#china #Wuhan #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/mMZtmhGUkl', '— Terrence Daniels (Captain Planet) (@Terrence_STR) January 24, 2020', '', 'These videos have been published by a number of tabloids, such as The Daily Mail and The Sun, but not much information about what they show has been confirmed.\xa0At the moment, these videos have not been definitively linked to the new coronavirus.', 'We reached out to the World Health Organization (WHO) for more information about these videos. While they didn’t provide information about any specific footage, they did say that “sudden collapses” from the coronavirus would be “atypical.”', 'Here are a few other videos shared in January 2020 with captions insinuating they showed people infected with the coronavirus collapsing on the street:', 'video from a Wuhan  hospital，patient collapes on the ground.#WuhanPneumonia #wuhanpic.twitter.com/ogD2D2ZrJH', '— 巴丢草  Badiucao (@badiucao) January 23, 2020', '', '#coronavirus en #Wuhan.pic.twitter.com/EsuQDhO8zI', '— RESISTIMOS 🇻🇪 (@RESISTIM0S) January 23, 2020', '', 'More and more…pic.twitter.com/z5Dpu7RASa', '— Turkish Market (@kamerknc) January 23, 2020', '', 'When we examine viral footage like this, one of the first things we do is try to trace the footage back to its source. If we find that the video was circulating before the event it supposedly shows, we can determine that the video was recaptioned and is being shared out of context. In this case, however, we were unable to trace these videos back to a date before the discovery of the coronavirus.', 'It appears that these videos were truly taken in January 2020 in various locations around China. According to social media reports, these videos first started circulating on apps such as TikTok and were originally posted by random citizens who had witnessed these events. However, that does not mean that the people featured in this video were infected with this virus.', 'If we strip the above-displayed videos of their captions, we can take a look purely at what the videos show. In one case, it looks like a person was the victim of a traffic accident. In another, it appears that a man suffered a head injury. But since these videos appeared online during heightened hysteria about an outbreak of an illness, it’s easy to see how a passerby may have made the assumption that these incidents were connected to the coronavirus.', 'WHO explained that the coronavirus is a respiratory illness with symptoms such as “fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties.” A WHO official also told us that “sudden collapses” would be “atypical” for this disease. While we have not been able to definitively determine what these videos show, it seems unlikely that these people collapsed on the street due to coronavirus.', 'On Jan. 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus as a public health emergency:', 'The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.', '“The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.', 'The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems.', 'The death toll now stands at 170 people in China.', 'The WHO said there had been 98 cases in 18 countries outside of the country, but no deaths.', 'Learn more about the outbreak of coronavirus here.', 'BBC. \xa0 “Coronavirus Declared Global Health Emergency by WHO.”\n\xa0 \xa0 30 January 2020.', 'Boseley, Sarah; Devlin, Hannah; Belam, Martin. \xa0 “What is Coronavirus and How Worried Should We Be?”\n\xa0 \xa0 The Guardian. \xa0 30 January 2020.', 'BBC. \xa0 “Coronavirus: A Visual Guide to the Outbreak.”\n\xa0 \xa0 22 January 2020.', 'Christensen, Jen. \xa0 “Coronavirus Explained: What You Need to Know.”\n\xa0 \xa0 CNN. \xa0 22 January 2020.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', 'A complete story is rarely told in a headline.', 'Social media rumors that two memorials in New York were vandalized proved misleading.', 'In August 2019, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man died after an encounter with police officers in Aurora, Colorado.', 'A chaotic scene in St. Louis sparked outrage, memes, and confusion.', 'Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on sex abuse charges connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.', 'The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.', "The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers' actions when Black men are killed in custody.", 'You can claim anything if you remove the barrier of evidence.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', '© 1995 - 2020 by Snopes Media Group Inc.', 'This material may not be reproduced without permission.', 'Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com']
Are People Collapsing in the Street from Coronavirus?