“Bill Gates planned a smallpox-type outbreak.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 22 May 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Gates' statements about preparing for pandemics are not evidence that the monkeypox outbreak was planned.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 May 2022, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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