{"id":38589,"date":"2023-09-05T13:53:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=38589"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:53:27","slug":"burning-man-chaos-with-fake-ebola-outbreak-rumours-as-person-dies-at-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/burning-man-chaos-with-fake-ebola-outbreak-rumours-as-person-dies-at-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man chaos with fake &#8216;Ebola outbreak&#8217; rumours as person dies at festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It looked like things couldn\u2019t have got any worse for revellers at this year\u2019s washed-out Burning Man, until rumours spread that Ebola was going around.<\/p>\n<p>The whispers turned out to be fiction, but the panic and desperation exhibited seemingly sum up the mood.<\/p>\n<p>One man is also reported to have died at the event, with police saying investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Burning Man hell as stuck revellers cut off from world told to &apos;conserve food and drink&apos;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Nevada desert-based expression of freedom and creativity saw some 80,000 free spirits spend around \u00a3500 to come together to build the famous Black Rock City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30851591.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_FILES-US-ENTERTAINMENT-FESTIVAL-BURNINGMAN-WEATHER.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Organisers were forced to close the only road in or out after mud storms battered the makeshift city, but information and fear-mongering have been running riot.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps chief among the madness is the claims that the deadly Ebola virus had been doing the rounds \u2013 this of course is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Those whispers started on the social media platform previously known as Twitter on Saturday (September 2), with some accounts even showing fake screenshots supposed to look like the Centre For Disease Control (CDC).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30851598.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_RENO-BANNER-Burning-Man-hell-as-festival-goers-cut-off-from-civilisation-told-to-conserve-food-and.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>But despite the claims surrounding these posts, there is no evidence to suggest the CDC sent anything of that nature out.<\/p>\n<p>Other false claims have alleged that a quarantine zone was set up around the festival and others that aircraft were being sent to the area to form a blockade.<\/p>\n<p>Chaotic scenes have only been compounded by news that a man has passed away at the festival.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30851563.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Ebola-virus-particles-illustration.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Very little is known about the circumstances, but Pershing County Sheriff&apos;s Office said it is &quot;currently investigating a death which occurred during this rain event,\u201d and said their family had been notified.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/burning-man-chaos-fake-ebola-30851526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looked like things couldn\u2019t have got any worse for revellers at this year\u2019s washed-out Burning Man, until rumours spread that Ebola was going around. 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