Sunday, June 28, 2020

Corona virus fake news: How did Bill Gates become the center of conspiracy theories about Covid- 19? .



This is the year 2015 when Bill Gates, known for his humble temperament, came on stage to talk about the corona virus so that he could warn people of the possible danger ahead. He was a guest on Ted Talk this evening.

"If something kills more than a million people in the next few decades, it's most likely that it will be a very dangerous virus, not a war," Gates said. At the time, some media outlets, including the BBC, made small headlines about Bill Gates' speech, but most people did not pay much attention to it. However, in recent days, the video of his speech has been viewed more than 64 million times. Most people's interest is not in his speech, but in the reasons why Bill Gates warned the world about the virus so many years ago, that is, how Bill Gates knew that a dangerous virus was coming.
Some accuse Bill Gates of representing the world's elite, while others see him as a leader who seeks to reduce the world's population. The vast majority accuse them of not only wanting vaccines for various diseases, but also of trying to implant microchips in people's bodies.
Symbol of public health
Rory Smith, of First Draft News, a website that researches fake news, says there are many conspiracy theories about Bill Gates.
According to him, Bill Gates is "a Jantar Mantra doll whose body is being pierced with the needles of all kinds of conspiracy theories."
"Since he has always been a symbol of public health, it is not surprising that everyone considers Bill Gates to be a magic doll.
According to a joint study by the New York Times and Signal Lab, between February and April, Corona virus was linked to Bill Gates by talking about 1.2 million times on TV and social media without any evidence. 
Most of this content has been posted by various groups on Facebook, from which it has been shared millions of times.


First Draft News has also learned that the Tik Tak app is now becoming a new hub for such conspiracy theories.
The BBC team working to prevent fake news has also reviewed some such news and loud claims. Four of these claims are as follows: Bill Gates and his wife's organization have experimented with vaccines on children in Africa and India, resulting in thousands of deaths or injuries that have never healed. A Facebook post even said that Bill Gates was being prosecuted in India. Bill Gates is also accused of introducing a vaccine in Kenya that contained contraceptives.



A video has surfaced on the New American Magazine's Facebook page discussing reducing the world's population through vaccines and contraceptives, and linking Bill Gates to the Chinese Communist Party. is going. From February to April, the video was shared more than 6,500 times and viewed 200,000 times.
Meanwhile, a video has been viewed nearly 2 million times on YouTube in which Bill Gates is accused of trying to implant microchips in people's bodies.
 
Rich and famous
The question arises that Bill Gates, who founded the famous company Microsoft and then along with his wife Melinda Gates through his charity organization poured billions of dollars like water to improve the global public health system. How did they become the center of conspiracy theories linked to Cove 19? In response, Professor Joseph Asansky, author of a book on political science and conspiracy theories at the University of Miami, says the reason is simple: Bill Gates is rich and famous. In his view, "conspiratorial ideologies always accuse powerful people of what they do."
 
"These ideas are basically the same, only the names change. Before Bill Gates, George Soros was named after the Coke brothers, the Rothschilds or the Rockefellers. According to Joseph Asansky, although most conspiratorial ideologies soon die out, those who survive talk about bigots and issues that are important to ordinary people. ' "So it should come as no surprise to us that some rich people and big companies are conspiring to put a microchip in people's throats because this is something we are afraid of."
"For a long time, conspiratorial ideologues have been using the same thing as ammunition."
Professor Joseph Asansky understands that conspiracy theories are far from the truth, but people still seem to be deceived by such ideologies.
According to a survey by Yahoo News and pollster You Go, more than a quarter of Americans and 44% of Republicans believe that Bill Gates really wants microchips in people's bodies under the guise of the Covid 19 vaccine. Should be applied.


Mr. Rory Smith believes that behind most conspiracy theories there is an "equal" truth, but it is taken out of context and turned into a "mountain."
Last year, for example, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the American university MIT, which conducted research to see if it was possible for a person to be vaccinated with a vaccine in their lifetime. The details can be saved on a strip in his body.
It is a bandage that you cannot see and can be inserted into your skin when you are vaccinated.
You can't say for sure where a conspiracy theory originated, but there is no doubt that these ideas spread far and wide through the internet.


Mr Smith says: "Before the Internet, conspiracy theories were limited to a few people and echoes were heard among them, but now the Internet can spread conspiracy theories to different people and groups across political boundaries. ۔
"That's why I think the scope of conspiracy theories is much wider today than it was before the Internet."
He further added that during the global Corona virus epidemic, conspiracy theories are gaining ground because people have become more psychologically weak these days.
"Given the scale of the Corona virus crisis, we have no precedent in the past, and as new research emerges, safety guidelines are changing. "Because of this, the scope of uncertainty has widened and uncertainty is something that people hate a lot." "To deal with this psychological distress and uncertainty, people go after things that, when put together, seem to be the right thing to do," he said. "We catch every piece of news in which we see a little bit of common sense and that is the moment when the rumor mill starts working.


"Everywhere you look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing.
"Sometimes laughter comes"
As for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization that has allocated 30 300 million to fight Wood 19, it has chosen to remain silent in response to the recent spate of fake claims and allegations.
In a statement sent to the BBC, the organization said: "We are concerned about the conspiracy theories being spread on the internet and the harm it could do to public health."
"Everywhere you look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing.
"Sometimes laughter comes"


As for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization that has allocated 30 million to fight Covid- 19, it has chosen to remain silent in response to the recent spate of fake claims and allegations.
In a statement sent to the BBC, the organization said: "We are concerned about the conspiracy theories being spread on the internet and the harm it could do to public health."

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