The claim: CDC’s 2019 job posting and 2013 law highlighted by FDA prove the pandemic was planned
(In Spanish: Job notice, pandemic law do not prove that COVID-19 was planned)
A Facebook post from June 26 (direct link, file link) shares images from a 2019 job posting for public health advisors for quarantine stations across the United States, as well as an FDA posting about the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013.
“Evidence that the Plandemic was planned,” the post says.
He claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s job posting and law prior to the discovery of COVID-19 in China show that preparations for an intentional COVID-19 pandemic were occurring in 2013.
The post was shared more than 70 times in nine days.
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Our rating: False
These postings are routine and do not provide evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned. The job posting was a standard staffing posting long used at ports of entry across the country, while the FDA posting highlighted the reauthorization of a law that allows the FDA to be prepared for a potential outbreak of the disease.
Preparation is not proof of a “plandemic”
The baseless conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned (commonly referred to as a “plandemic”) has been spreading on social media since the beginning of the pandemic. But the CDC and FDA posts are not evidence of a conspiracy.
JOBsNews, as many other fact checkershas previously debunked the idea that the pandemic was planned, refuting a viral video that cherry-picked facts and made inaccurate assumptions to support the notion.
The job offer for medical advisers for CDC quarantine stations is authentic, as confirmed by a Archive of current job offer since November 2019. But it was a routine post in line with the government’s role of monitoring ports of entry for people possibly carrying infectious diseases. This is standard protocol and a role the CDC says it It dates back to the colonial eraThe quarantine system was “Fully nationalized” in 1921according to the agency.
The CDC says on its website that it operates 20 port health posts at points of entry such as airports and land crossings, where advisers are tasked with determining what testing, monitoring, treatment or isolation might be needed to prevent the spread of a disease.
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The post also contains a screenshot of a Spanish language FDA page discussing the Pandemic and All-Hazard Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 as evidence that the agency was taking steps to unleash a pandemic. This also seriously misrepresents an act of preparedness intended to mitigate future public health emergencies.
The law clarified and refined a 2008 law, granting legal authority to public health officials take certain steps to mitigate emergencies caused by chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents, as well as “emerging infectious disease threats,” according to the FDA. It specifically supports the agency in developing “medical countermeasures,” a term for drugs, vaccines and devices to be used in such emergencies.
JOBsNews was unable to reach the social media user who shared the claim for comment.
Top Stories and JOBsNews previously debunked posts that made claims about the job listing.
Our sources of fact checking:
- CDC (archive), November 15, 2019, Public Health Advisor (Quarantine Program)
- CDC (YouTube), September 21, 2018, CDC’s Quarantine Legacy
- CDC, May 15, 2018 Port health posts
- CDC, May 15, History of Port Health
- FDA, December 19, 2022, Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA)
- FDA, January 2014, Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Authorities of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA): FDA Questions and Answers for Stakeholders in Public Health Preparedness and Response
- JOBsNews, August 23, 2020, Fact Check: ‘Plandemic II’ alleges false conspiracy theory involving CDC, NIH; pandemic was not planned
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