“Bill Gates briefed the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunise religious fanatics”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 May 2020.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
Bill Gates did not make the alleged statement, and a high definition version of a video that claims to be of Bill Gates shows that it is not him.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 May 2020. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJm6wn9ZbSo
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly True“Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”