I fact-checked the claim that “there was no pandemic” and found it is false. The World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 because the novel coronavirus had spread to many countries and caused widespread illness and deaths. Public health agencies like the CDC and WHO documented millions of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, which clearly meet the established definition of a pandemic. Social media posts claiming there was no pandemic are based on misleading reinterpretations of terminology or conspiracy narratives, and fact-checking organizations have repeatedly debunked these claims as incorrect. This shows how misinformation can distort basic public health facts