Bill Gates said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is showing some mild symptoms.
He announced it on Twitter, “I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ advice by isolating until I’m healthy again.”
I've tested positive for COVID. I'm experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts' advice by isolating until I'm healthy again.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 10, 2022
He was immediately thrashed on Twitter with people pointing out that he had previously said that the vaccine would stop transmission.
Dr. Eli David said, “Bill Gates tests positive, because he didn’t get his 5th shot.”
🚨 Bill Gates tests positive, because he didn't get his 5th shot 🤡 pic.twitter.com/iuCXi4HrqW
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) May 10, 2022
😳A key goal of the Covid Vaccine is to STOP TRANSMISSION – That is: to STOP TRANSMISSION – Well that’s gone well. Bill Gates has allegedly just caught Covid – Have you been miss sold PPI? Have you been miss sold a Vaccine? #TRUTH @elonmusk 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️pic.twitter.com/WYKNyqgUHS
— Howard Griffiths ☀️ (@HowardGriffiths) May 10, 2022
Other people pointed out that if they had said the same things as Bill Gates about the pandemic then they would have been banned.
Absolute and total ass covering bullshit from Bill Gates. We KNEW the IFR from COVID was low, and we KNEW it targeted the elderly in early Spring 2020. We cannot let these people pretend like this is new. They broke the world, and must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/dansp5Db1d
— Erich Hartmann (@erichhartmann) May 6, 2022
Bill Gates has frequently come under fire for his comments during the pandemic and many alleged that he had something to do with profiting off of the disease.
In May, Gates told the BBC how he felt about the conspiracy theories about him.
“You almost have to laugh because it’s so crazy,” he said at the time.
On Tuesday, Gates told CNN that COVID has helped increase the use of digital services and forced people to connect and interact online.
“I think that is a very positive thing,” Gates said in the interview . “And the software involved is going to get a lot better. I wouldn’t underestimate that accelerated digitization including in health and education substantially.”
This comes amid news last year that Bill Gates is the largest owner of farmland in the United States. As the Gaurdian put it, he bought14,500 acres of Easter Washington farmland for $171 million in 2018 to achieve this title.
He has bought in total 242,000 acres of farmland with assets totalling $690million.
“That’s twice the acreage of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe,” a Native America tribe in the area.
Next News Network previously covered White House attendees catching COVID here.
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