Conspiracists falsely link “mysterious” Ohio pneumonia cases to China

Several posts claim that an uptick in pediatric pneumonia cases in Ohio is “mysterious” and somehow linked to the pneumonia outbreak in China. Some online users have also falsely claimed pneumonia is a vaccine side effect.  

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