“Gates Foundation stands to make nearly £31.5 billion on a coronavirus vaccine in U.K.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Gates Foundation has pledged millions of dollars to companies developing potential novel coronavirus vaccines. There is no evidence that the Gates Foundation stands to profit from these efforts.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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