“Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”
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Claim dated 15 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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