| Record | OBS-0564 |
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| Category | Health/Vaccines |
| Status | DEBUNKED |
| Summary | A viral claim asserts that Bill Gates admitted a future COVID-19 vaccine would kill 700,000 people. This is a misrepresentation of Gates' remarks about hypothetical side-effect risks in older populations. The claim has been debunked as false. |
| Origin | The claim circulated on social media in 2020, linked to a video featuring Alex Jones and a tweet with over 45,000 retweets. |
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| Evidence / consensus | Gates was discussing hypothetical side-effect rates, not admitting deaths. He said if there were one in 10,000 side-effects, that could affect 700,000 people, but he did not say they would die. |
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