Billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates has faulted some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak.
A doctored video sprung up on social media accusing Gates of wanting “to eliminate 15 percent of the population through vaccination and electronic microchips”, has racked up millions of views on YouTube.
Bill Gates said during a CNN Town Hall Interview, “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and social media and people looking for a very simple explanation”.
He added that, “Our foundation has given more money to buy vaccines to save lives than any group”.
He continues, “So you just turn that around. You say, ok, we’re making money and we’re trying to kill people with vaccines or by inventing something”.
He concluded, “And at least it’s true, we’re associated with vaccines, but you actually have sort of flipped the connection, and the conspiracies don’t generate “vaccine hesitancy.”
Bill Gates pledged $250 million in efforts to fight the pandemic, and his foundation has spent billions of dollars improving health care in developing countries over the past 20 years.
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