DISINFO: Bill Gates planning to use microchip implants to fight coronavirus
SUMMARY
Bill Gates is going to create implantable capsules and digital health certificates to fight the coronavirus.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin conspiracy theory on the coronavirus. Bill Gates mentioned health certificates in a discussion on Reddit, but this has nothing to do with microchips. Later, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told Reuters, “The reference to ‘digital certificates’ relates to efforts to create an open source digital platform with the goal of expanding access to safe, home-based testing.” See more disinformation cases accusing Bill Gates of sponsoring the novel coronavirus here, here and here.