Disinfo: Coronovirus is Western operation, the WHO is controlled by Bill Gates

Summary

In the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak the US waged an information war against China. Through US-controlled foundations and media, mass hysteria was organised, with the aim of isolating China and attacking its economy. Later on, another virus strain was discovered in Italy but ignorant media continued sowing panic around “Chinese coronavirus.” In addition to fake media reporting about over-crowded hospitals and long lines of ambulances, producers and distributors of surgical masks, disinfectant, lab coats, lung ventilators, toilet paper, etc. also created an inflated demand based on coronavirus speculation. Now companies producing digital equipment for controlling people’s mobility come on up. The World Health Organisation announced a pandemic although this decision goes in contrast to its own criteria. They say that a pandemic can be announced only if the share of infected people exceeds 5%. This controversy is logical, though, if one takes into account that the WHO is largely, by 75%, financed by international pharmaceutical companies and acts in their interests. Given that the annual returns of pharmaceutical giants have declined over the last years, they found a new business model focused on prevention of disease through vaccination of the population. The problem is that, in many countries, vaccination is voluntary. To overcome this problem and to make vaccination mandatory, the world should be frightened to the extent that people beg to be vaccinated. The WHO completed this mission by announcing a pandemic. The US refuses to finance the WHO because Donald Trump does not wish to fund Bill Gates’ initiatives. The thing is the US contributions account for 15% of WHO budget, while all the other countries’ contributions stand at an additional 10%. At the same time, Bill Gates’ foundation contributes to 32% of WHO budget, which makes Gates the largest WHO sponsor.

Disproof

An unfounded coronavirus-related conspiracy theory about WHO and Bill Gates, sharing a recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative about a plot of mighty corporations and US operations to attack China. The claims concerning the WHO criteria for the announcement of a pandemic and collusion with pharmaceutical companies to drive mass-scale vaccination are unfounded. There is no requirement to have at least 5% of the population infected to announce the pandemic as claimed. Epidemic experts say there are no global criteria. A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease, one of the articles on WHO website says. According to another publication, a classical epidemiological definition of a pandemic says it is “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people." Vaccine hesitancy is identified by WHO as one of the top ten global health threats of 2019. There is an overwhelming scientific consensus about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. The claim that the Trump stopped WHO funding because of his strained relationship with Gates is unfounded. The decision to halt contributions to WHO was made until a review is conducted over WHO's management of the coronavirus spread. WHO’s Programme Budget is financed through a mix of assessed and voluntary contributions. Assessed contributions are the dues countries pay in order to be a member of the Organisation. The amount each Member State must pay is calculated relative to the country's wealth and population, the WHO website explains. It is not true that all other countries apart from the US contribute only 10% of WHO funding while Bill Gates' foundation accounts for 32%. In fact, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation accounts for 9.76% of WHO's budget, while other (other than the US) countries' contributions exceed 30% of the WHO budget. Anyway, there no proof that private foundations which sponsor the WHO, impact the WHO's decision-making as they wish. See similar cases claming that Bill Gates and Co aspire to a reduction in population, that survivors will be poisoned with vaccines, that Covid-19 will allow total control of the population through forced vaccination and chips, that WHO may be involved in a plot to reduce global population, and that the WHO overestimates the mortality statistics of coronavirus.

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  • Reported in: Issue 195
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26/04/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: China, US
  • Keywords: coronavirus, vaccination, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, WHO, Conspiracy theory
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Disproof

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Disproof

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Disproof

Recurring conspiracy theory on coronavirus and 5G. The UK did not reject the 5G project in its entirety. The discussion is about whether the UK should ban Huawei as 5G vendor because of security concerns, not because of coronavirus. In January, the UK government approved a limited role for Huawei in building the country's new data networks. On top, the UK Government has strongly condemned the rumours about 5G and coronavirus as dangerous nonsense. See other disinformation cases about whether coronavirus is connected to the 5th generation of mobile internet here and here.