‘We’re in a crazy situation so there will be crazy rumors’, Bill Gates responds to vaccine conspiracy theories

Billionaire IT mogul, Bill Gates on Thursday, responded to conspiracy theorists who have labeled him the inventor of the deadly Covid-19 virus and have questioned his heavy investment in a vaccine development.

The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation who had once taken the TED Talks stage to predict the outbreak of a global pandemic condemned the theories as crazy rumors adding that he was only doing his best to help get the entire world ready.

Speaking in an interview, Gates said: “I’d say it’s ironic if you take [on] somebody who’s doing their best to get the world ready”

“We are in a crazy situation so there’s going to be crazy rumors. We need to make it [vaccine] without just focusing on one country, we need to make it for the entire world, including for countries that don’t have the resources to pay for vaccine research or vaccine factories.”

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He further added that getting a vaccine that was safe, effective and easy to produce in bulk was the most important topic for now and the top-most priority of the Gates foundation.

“We fund the innovators to create the vaccines, we’ll get commitments that they are not trying to make a meaningful profit out of this, because this is an emergency type of need and we shouldn’t let that stand in the way.”

“We’ll make it [vaccine] as cheap as we can, and there is no doubt the money will be, should be, fund to buy that vaccine for everyone on the planet, ”

“There are lots of attacks out there. In general, people have been really positive.” Gates stated.

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