“The U.S. chicken and egg shortage is linked to Bill Gates.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 22 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The chicken and egg shortages trace mainly to a nationwide bird flu outbreak that began in early 2022. Bill Gates' investments in plant-based meat and U.S. farmland are not connected to the shortages.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 January 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/steve_martorano/3021753165770871109
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/bennyjohnson/3021677472408671160
- thegatewaypundit.comhttps://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/bill-gates-invested-artificial-eggs-decade-egg-s…
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