And somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. It’s an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. For people in poor countries, it’s less than one ton. It’s also worth noting - since the Facebook video doesn’t - that the same Guardian story also reported that a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation vaccination project - Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance - was estimated at the time “to have prevented 3.4 million deaths in just eight years.”Īfter its selective use of the Guardian article, the video then goes on to show a clip from Gates’ 2010 TED Talk as he was discussing the amount of carbon dioxide produced each year around the world.īill Gates, “Innovating to zero!”: …over 26 billion tons. The video ignores that the group reportedly discussed a range of other issues, too - including education, government reform and the economic crisis at that time. Ignoring Gates’ theme of energy innovation, the video misleadingly portrays the speech as evidence of a purported “depopulation” agenda that involves COVID-19 and the global vaccination efforts of Gates, the World Health Organization and pharmaceutical companies.īefore showing parts of Gates’ 2010 talk, the video presents part of a 2009 story in the Guardian that reported that Gates and other billionaire philanthropists had met and discussed overpopulation as a serious issue facing the world.
The video misleadingly edits Gates’ 2010 TED Talk - “ Innovating to zero! ” - which focused on the need to zero out carbon dioxide emissions through new approaches to energy production in order to fight climate change. The narration tells viewers it will use quotes directly from “Bill Gates himself so that later no one will accuse me of allegedly distorting his words.” But then it does just that.
The Facebook version includes ominous music and is presented as a meme, adding an apocalyptic image of a syringe in front of a pile of skulls to further imply a deadly plan is afoot.
The same video was uploaded to YouTube in April 2020, as misinformation relating to Gates swirled on social media. The video - captioned, “ Take a look at this #DepopulationAgenda” - employs a computer-generated voiceover that suggests Gates and other high-profile philanthropists want to remove some portion of the global population. A conspiratorial video circulating on Facebook misleadingly edits Gates’ talk to suggest his “wish” was to depopulate the planet through vaccines.Ī Facebook video viewed more than 100,000 times is using a deceptively edited clip of Bill Gates to accuse the Microsoft co-founder of advocating for a nefarious plan to depopulate the world through vaccines. In a 2010 TED Talk focused on developing new technologies to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Bill Gates briefly mentioned reducing the rate of population growth.
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