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Did Bill Gates admit he has COVID-19? No, that's not true: A headline on a 20-second video posted online claims that Gates "admits he has COVID-19." The short video is deceptively edited from a longer video of Gates speaking with the head of the TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference in mid-2020, discussing what he predicted would be the number of…

Is Bill Gates guilty of treason, seditious conspiracy, advocating overthrow of the government or crimes against humanity? No, that's not true: There is no such case on file in federal courts. The claim was made without evidence that Gates is guilty of these crimes or should be convicted of them. He has become a frequent target of conspiracies by COVID-19…

Was the COVID-19 pandemic pre-planned with help from billionaire Bill Gates and have the illnesses associated with it been spread by 5G technology? No, that's not true: The claims made in the "Covid-19 Genocide of 2020" video are a rehash of conspiracy myths previously debunked by Lead Stories and other fact checkers. The claims originated in a video of an…

Did a German schoolchild die as a result of wearing their required mask in school? No, there's no evidence: The person making the claim provided no evidence, not even the place, age or date of death. Police in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria have labelled a related claim a hoax and asked social media users to stop spreading it.…

Does a World Bank website prove COVID-19 test kits were sold worldwide as early as 2017? No, that's not true: On a web page, the World Bank put the "COVID-19" label on existing virus test kit components to help disease fighters find equipment to test for the latest coronavirus outbreak. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) posted on…

Are face masks dangerous and deadly, and would a COVID-19 vaccine alter our DNA and be used implant microchips in everyone? No, that's not true. Face masks are proven to be safe, and since there is no current vaccine, it is not possible to conclude it could alter our DNA or be used for microchipping. Those claims are in a…

Did the president of Ghana release an audio message reading exceprts from a 2010 Rockefeller Foundation document that predicted and planned the coronavirus outbreak? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated agenda and the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, is not the voice in the video, as an actual recording of the president makes clear. The Rockefeller Foundation did in fact…

Is there a "vaccine that's coming" to fight the novel coronavirus that is funded by Bill Gates and could change human genes to the point where a different species is created that could battle, or replace, humans? No, there is no evidence to support this. A video by Dr. Carrie Madej making many claims about vaccines includes "urgent information" about…

Does a photo show President Barack Obama visiting the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 with philanthropist Melinda Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases? No, that's not true: the photo offered as proof of such a tour was taken in Maryland at the National Institutes of Health in 2014. Neither of…

Did Bill Gates give a $10 billion bribe to the Nigerian government to impose forced vaccinations on its citizens? No, that's not true. There is no evidence of such a huge payment offered beyond an unsupported accusation by a political opposition leader. While the claim implies the forced vaccination would be for COVID-19, no such vaccine was available at the…