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Beware of Geeks bearing gifts

Safe, effective treatments and vaccines are both desirable

13 February 2021

9:00 AM

13 February 2021

9:00 AM

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft worth a cool $133 billion, has become ‘the voodoo doll of Covid conspiracies’, according to the BBC. But is he just a poor (metaphorically) misunderstood philanthropist or a man obsessed with patented vaccines at the expense of cheaper interventions? And has the world been infected with vaccine mania?

Throughout the pandemic, authorities have peddled two dubious messages.

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