{"id":96450,"date":"2021-06-16T20:48:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=96450"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:37:45","slug":"satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Satirical article claiming mosquitos injected with Viagra escape from Wuhan lab viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210612022937\/https:\/\/worldnewsdailyreport.com\/wuhan-thousands-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-inoculated-with-viagra-escape-from-high-security-laboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World News Daily Report<\/a> claiming, &#8220;thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have potentially escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China,&#8221; is widely circulating on social media. Multiple users have shared the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fworldnewsdailyreport.com%2Fwuhan-thousands-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-inoculated-with-viagra-escape-from-high-security-laboratory%2F%20&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Furthermore, Alt News has received several verification requests on its WhatsApp helpline (76000 11160) and mobile application.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-96450 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral\/screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6-56-03-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1166\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.56.03-PM-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.56.03-PM-1.png 1166w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.56.03-PM-1-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.56.03-PM-1-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.56.03-PM-1-768x534.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1166px) 100vw, 1166px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral\/screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6-53-26-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.53.26-PM-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.53.26-PM-1.png 444w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.53.26-PM-1-163x300.png 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210612022937\/https:\/\/worldnewsdailyreport.com\/wuhan-thousands-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-inoculated-with-viagra-escape-from-high-security-laboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World News Daily Report<\/a> article carries an image of an &#8217;87-year-old Wuhan resident&#8217; who was allegedly bitten by one of the genetically modified mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-96450 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral\/screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8-25-28-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.25.28-PM-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.25.28-PM-1.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.25.28-PM-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/satirical-article-claiming-mosquitos-injected-with-viagra-escape-from-wuhan-lab-viral\/screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6-48-51-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.48.51-PM-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.48.51-PM-1.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-6.48.51-PM-1-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The article was republished by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dRuJ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maravi Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Satire believed to be true<\/h4>\n<p>Firstly, the absurdity of the claim itself should raise doubts. Secondly, no media outlet has reported that thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes injected with Viagra potentially escaped from Wuhan. If such a bizarre incident were true, it would have been widely reported in the media.<\/p>\n<p>World News Daily Report is a satirical website. The &#8216;About&#8217; section of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldnewsdailyreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a> states, &#8220;World News Daily Report is an independent satirical media organization dedicated to covering news and events from around the world in a completely ludicrous manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96463 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.28.22-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.28.22-PM.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.28.22-PM-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.28.22-PM-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The website used to carry a disclaimer at the bottom of every page stating that the nature of its content is entirely fictional. While this is no longer the case, an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190731174757\/https:\/\/worldnewsdailyreport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link to the website<\/a> shows that the disclaimer indeed featured on every page at least till 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Now the disclaimer is carried on the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldnewsdailyreport.com\/disclaimer_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Legal notice&#8217;<\/a> section. It states, &#8220;Information contained in this World News Daily Report website is for information and entertainment purposes only.&#8221; Furthermore, the phrase below the website&#8217;s logo reads \u2013 &#8220;Where facts don&#8217;t matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.14.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"158\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"ca7a3252-5c27-4400-9ec8-7da2106d215c\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.14.52-PM.png 649w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-8.14.52-PM-300x73.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The satirical article neither has a byline nor a date stamp. However, viewing the &#8216;Page Source&#8217; of the article revealed that the story was published on October 20, 2020. (In order to view the page source, kindly used a desktop browser. It can be accessed via right-clicking on the webpage.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-17-at-2.05.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-17-at-2.05.27-PM.png 880w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-17-at-2.05.27-PM-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-17-at-2.05.27-PM-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the elderly man in the article?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per the <a href=\"https:\/\/gerontology.wikia.org\/wiki\/Yukichi_Chuganji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerontology Wikia<\/a>, the image shows Japan-based Yukichi Chuganji who was the world&#8217;s oldest man until his death on September 28, 2003. He died at the age of 114 years, 189 days. Multiple media outlets have reported this including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2002\/02\/04\/national\/fukuoka-resident-becomes-worlds-oldest-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Japan Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/sep\/30\/japan.justinmccurry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96458 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.44.18-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"935\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.44.18-PM.jpg 935w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.44.18-PM-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.44.18-PM-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found the uncropped image on the Gerontology Research Group&#8217;s (GRG) <a href=\"https:\/\/grg.org\/Gallery\/1889Gallery.html#Yukichi_Chuganji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. GRG was co-founded in 1990 by the late Stephen Coles, MD from Stanford University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.52.29-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.52.29-PM.png 490w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-16-at-7.52.29-PM-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to GRG, Japanese language daily Nishinippon Shimbun had provided the photo on January 31, 2002. The woman with Yukichi Chuganji is his daughter Kyoko Chuganji, who was 72 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>We also found Chuganji&#8217;s photograph on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.no\/detail\/news-photo\/worlds-oldest-man-yukichi-chuganji-celebrates-his-113th-news-photo\/517650244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty Images<\/a> from 2002.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/6b803d5d-8053-4435-ae4d-f9c36904c243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1313\" height=\"1460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/6b803d5d-8053-4435-ae4d-f9c36904c243.jpg 1313w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/6b803d5d-8053-4435-ae4d-f9c36904c243-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/6b803d5d-8053-4435-ae4d-f9c36904c243-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/6b803d5d-8053-4435-ae4d-f9c36904c243-768x854.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1313px) 100vw, 1313px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An old article by satirical website World News Daily Report claiming thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have potentially escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China has resurfaced on social media and believed to be true by many. In 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/gujarati-newspaper-sandesh-oneindia-fall-satirical-post-man-sentenced-death-due-farting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gujarati daily Sandesh and OneIndia<\/a> had fallen for an article published by World News Daily Report claiming a man was sentenced to death for farting during Ramadan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by World News Daily Report claiming, &#8220;thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have potentially escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China,&#8221; is widely circulating on social media. Multiple users have shared the article on Twitter. Furthermore, Alt News has received several verification requests on its WhatsApp helpline (76000 11160) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":96494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-96450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Satirical article claiming mosquitos injected with Viagra escape from Wuhan lab viral - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Satirical article claiming mosquitos injected with Viagra escape from Wuhan lab viral - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A report by World News Daily Report claiming, &#8220;thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have potentially escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China,&#8221; is widely circulating on social media. 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