“Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 30 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Genetically modified ticks tied to funding by Bill Gates have so far been researched only in laboratories. They are not the same type of ticks responsible for the rise in the U.S. in alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 September 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/rawbeingoflight/3180915827923248933
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