>>> IF YOU'VE SEEN SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS LINKING BILL GATES TO
COVID-19 YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
A RUMOR GOING AROUND THE
INTERNET CLAIMING THAT HE
ACTUALLY CREATED THE VIRUS TO
TRICK PEOPLE INTO GETTING
MICROCHIPED.
TONIGHT OUR VERIFYING TEAM IS
SEARCHING THE FACTS FROM
FICTION.
>> BILL GATES HAS BEEN THE
SUBJECT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES
ABOUT COVID-19 FOR MONTHS.
THE MAIN ONE SAID HE'S USING
THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MICROCHIP PEOPLE OR IMPLANT A
SMALL SCANNABLE CHIP IN THEIR
BODIES.
THE CLAIM WENT VIRAL TUESDAY
AFTER POSTS OF A MICROSOFT PAT
PAT TANT THAT MANY CLANGS IS FOR
MICROCHIPS.
STARTED WITH A Q AND A SESSION
ON REDDIT.
ONE OF HIS ANSWERS WAS ABOUT
PEOPLE RETURNING TO WORK.
HE WROTE THAT A SYSTEM OF QUOTE,
DIGITAL CERTIFICATES COULD BE
USED TO SHOW IF YOU'VE ALREADY
BEEN TESTED OR EVENTUALLY
VACCINATED.
AND THAT ANSWER WENT VIRAL.
ARTICLES CLAIMED HE ADMITTED TO
WANTING TO MICROCHIP PEOPLE HERE
WHICH LED TO VIRAL VIDEOS WITH
MILLIONS OF VIEWS.
LAST WEEK FORMER TRUMP VISOR
ROGER STONE REPEATED THE RUMOR.
GATES NEVER REPORTED TO ANY SORT
OF -- HE SAID DIGITAL
CERTIFICATE.
THESE ARTICLES MADE THE
MICROCHIP CONNECTION THEMSELVES
AND KEPT REPEATING THE CLAIM
WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.
FIRST QUESTION, DID BILL GATES
EVER MENTION WANTING TO
MICROCHIP PEOPLE FOR COVID-19?
NO THAT ONE IS FALSE.
THE PATENT, PROOF THAT MICROSOFT
IS LOOKING INTO THIS, RIGHT?
WRONG.
THERE IS A MIKE TOFT PATENT FOR
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT,
TALKS ABOUT BODY ACTIVITY DATA
AND THESE CLAIMS SAY THAT'S FOR
MICROCHIPS.
THE PATENT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT
IMPLANTS OR MICROCHIPS AT ALL.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT WEARABLE
DEVICES LIKE SMART WATCHES OR
FITNESS TRACKERS MUCH WE CAN
VERIFY THE MICROSOFT PATENT IS
