Fact Check: Rumor Claims John Kerry's Daughter Vanessa Said Billions of Humans Must Die for 'New World Order.' Here's the Truth

Claim:

John Kerry's daughter Vanessa said billions of humans must die for the "New World Order."

Rating:

On June 2, 2024, an X user posted a meme claiming John Kerry's physician daughter, Vanessa Kerry, said billions of humans needed to die for the sake of the "New World Order."

The post had amassed more than 1.8 million views at the time of this writing.

Similar claims appeared elsewhere on X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and video-sharing platforms BitChute and Rumble in April 2024.

Many posts cited another X user as the source of the claim. That user's account was linked to a website called The People's Voice, which has had its content repeatedly debunked by Snopes.

TPV, which previously had several different names, published an article (archived here) on April 4, 2024, making the same claim about Vanessa Kerry. That same day, the TPV-linked X user also posted a video discussing Vanessa Kerry, alongside the caption: "John Kerry's Daughter Says BILLIONS of Humans Must Die for the 'New World Order.'"

The footage included numerous clips of Vanessa Kerry speaking; however, none involved her saying anything about billions of people dying for the "New World Order," which is why we have rated this quote and claim as "Misattributed."

The clips used in the video came from the physician's keynote address at the COP28 "Reaching the Last Mile" Forum on Dec. 3, 2023. Kerry — who was appointed the World Health Organization's director-general special envoy for climate change and health in 2023 — did not call for the sacrifice of billions of people anywhere in the COP28 video or its transcript. Snopes also found no credible reports she ever previously produced such a statement.

A spokesperson for Vanessa Kerry told Snopes via email the claim was completely false:

Meanwhile, TPV refused to answer questions when contacted by Snopes.

In October 2023, Reuters produced a similar fact check about Kerry's father, the former U.S. secretary of state, allegedly saying billions of people must die for the "New World Order." Reuters also credited TPV as the source of that false claim.

Sources:

Admin, Seed. 'Dr. Vanessa Kerry's Keynote Address at the COP28 Reaching the Last Mile Forum'. Seed Global Health, 5 Dec. 2023, https://seedglobalhealth.org/2023/12/05/dr-vanessa-kerrys-keynote-address-at-the-cop28-reaching-the-last-mile-forum/.

'Fact Check: John Kerry Quote on "Sacrificing" Billions of People to Save Earth Is False'. Reuters, 31 Oct. 2023. www.reuters.com, https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/john-kerry-quote-sacrificing-billions-people-save-earth-is-false-2023-10-31/.

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Updates:

June 7, 2024: This report was updated to add a comment from a spokesperson for Vanessa Kerry.