Fact Checking: Does Bill Gates Have Billions of Monkeypox Vaccines in Storage? Is monkeypox transmitted through clothing? – Third

A video shared on Facebook and TikTok claims that Bill Gates has “billions of doses of vaccine against monkeypox on hold”, as more than a thousand infections have emerged worldwide.

However, the video has been shared in a false context. The footage was taken during Gates’ visit to a Covid-19 vaccine storage facility in Abu Dhabi in May 2022. His charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told AFP the claim is not true.

The video (see below) shows the philanthropist walking through a large warehouse with shelves full of boxes, as well as pictures of people getting vaccinated.

The video has been viewed more than 18,900 times after it was shared.

The post’s caption in Malaysian translates as: “Monkeypox is about to go viral around the world, but BG already has a vaccine stockpile on standby for all of you,” referring to Gates by his initials.

He goes on to suggest that the Malaysian religious authorities would issue a fatwaor a formal ruling of Islamic law, and would make inoculation compulsory as they did with vaccines against Covid-19 in February 2021.

Gates has been constantly associated with conspiracy theories about the virus. Nevertheless, to date they have always been fake news. The creator of Microsoft suggested that social media companies are responsible for allowing such “untruths” to spread unchecked. “It’s a crazy idea,” he said.

It should be remembered that since he resigned as executive director of microsoft in 2000, Gates has dedicated his efforts and his $120 billion fortune to different projects associated with poverty around the planet.

Fact Checking Does Bill Gates Have Billions of Monkeypox Vaccines

A warning about monkeypox purportedly published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that recommends banning second-hand clothing from Europe, the US and Asia has been shared on various social media platforms in Kenya.

The statement is false; the letter, which has several errors, was discarded by the WHO.

The post, which has since been removed, shared a letter allegedly signed by a WHO representative in that country, which warns against sending garments and articles to limit monkeypox infections.

“We recommend that countries receiving donated clothing from affected regions temporarily suspend the distribution of these items until their origin and the circumstances surrounding their donation, purchase and shipment can be established,” it said.

The alleged notice proposed the destruction of donated clothing and relief items originating from the listed regions within 72 hours.

A day after the letter began circulating online, Gazeti Daily, a tabloid newspaper with no online presence and a reputation for publishing inaccurate or unverifiable articles, published a report entitled: “My tombs of Europe may contain monkeypox”.

Beneath the headline was an image of a child covered in injuries, as well as a clipping of the purported health notice.

The document, however, was manipulated. It is not a WHO advisory. The WHO itself dismissed the notice and urged the public to “ignore” it.

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Fact Checking: Does Bill Gates Have Billions of Monkeypox Vaccines in Storage? Is monkeypox transmitted through clothing? – Third