“The Gates Foundation "has the patent for this coronavirus.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Gates Foundation has not been assigned any patents related to the novel coronavirus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.fo/i0N17
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- BBC Reality Check: This claim is false“Bill Gates owns a patent on coronavirus”