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And when the pandemic Gates long need all of this to happen as quickly to have fewer kids, because they are less
warned about arrived, he got to work as possible,” Gates argued on April worried their children will die.
on philanthropic initiatives to fight 30th, explaining his relentless focus on Besides, there have been claims about
it. He recently pledged another $50 getting a vaccine on an unprecedented promoting a “digital certificates” and
million for that fight, making $300 timescale. implantable devices programme,
million in total commitments. Much of Gates, who has long predicted the US something that Gates says, has no
his recent commitments have been for will be unprepared for a devastating plans to develop any technology that
distributing treatments and vaccines in pandemic, has been extremely active would diagnose and track people with
the developing world, countries whose since the coronavirus emerged. He has COVID-19.
health systems are challenged and are espoused the importance of developing a
threatened with total collapse. This conspiracy theory seems to stem
safe and effective vaccine, and supported from a Reddit AMA—An AMA is a
While big donations to this emergency the creation of a government-funded scheduled question and answer session
is not exclusive to Gates — many manufacturing infrastructure. But that takes place at a certain time on the
companies and rich individuals have purveyors of disinformation are telling social news site Reddit. AMA stands for
pledged eye-popping sums to the global a different story, using several disparate “Ask Me Anything,”— where Gates had
fight against the coronavirus—even at false narratives about Gates. noted that at some point there would
local level in developing countries. But All of the conspiracy theories seem to be digital certificates that would be able
Gates deserves special attention. He has sow doubt about an eventual vaccine, to track who has been sick, who has
more money than all but one—Joseph which is not surprising, given how been tested, and who should receive a
Bezos of Amazon is now the richest active anti-vaccine groups have lately vaccine. But Gates’s words were twisted
man in the world—,more experience been spreading misinformation about to make it look as though he had plans
working in public health and infectious false coronavirus cures. to commercialize an invasive form of
disease response, stellar approval mass population tracking.
ratings globally, and — thanks Moreover, claims that Gates wants to
to his early warnings about a Population tracking, even
pandemic — a resource that for the purpose of disease
may be just as important as control, is a somewhat
money: credibility. controversial topic and
one that many people
In a February letter published are paying attention to.
in the New England Journal Doctors already track
of, he urged the government to individual human health
start a strong policy response through electronic health
at home, and to contribute to records, and human
preparedness in lower-middle- resource departments may
income countries, which is start tracking employee
where Gates has dedicated much health as people return to
of the $100 million he pledged Lab Research on coronavirus work.
in February to the coronavirus
fight. He called for accelerated work on use vaccination to “depopulate” the There are still more conspiracies
treatment and vaccines. He also laid out world, is a myth that has been around surrounding Gates, including one that
a plan for how to make sure a situation for at least 10 years. Gates is quoted suggests he started the coronavirus or
like this doesn’t happen again. On April saying: “slowing population growth is a that he knew it was coming. This is
15, Gates committed an additional $150 key component of helping to lift people based o the fact of this 2015 prediction
million to testing, treatment, and aiding out of poverty”—one of the goals of his of a pandemic.
poor countries in their coronavirus philanthropic efforts. Gates has long been the subject of
response. conspiracy theories—like this one from
In addition to supporting new healthcare
“Realistically, if we’re going to return initiatives and birth control accessibility, 1996, which says that Microsoft is the
to normal, we need to develop a safe, Gates touts mass vaccination as a way invention of the Illuminati, or another
effective vaccine. We need to make of lowering child mortality rates. He one that suggests Gates is investing in
billions of doses, we need to get them believes that as child mortality rates antivirals as means of colonizing Africa.
out to every part of the world, and we Conservative conspiracy theorists like
lower and stabilize, parents will choose

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