Epstein Files Surface Alleged Gates Links to Pandemic Finance and Planning

Did Gates and Epstein plan pandemic simulations together or is the viral claim completely unsupported by evidence?
Epstein Files Surface Alleged Gates Links to Pandemic Finance and Planning
Above: Bill Gates on day three of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021. Image credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The Spin

Right narrative

Newly released documents prove Gates and Epstein were planning pandemic simulations as early as 2017, years before COVID hit. A March 2017 email outlines "strain pandemic simulation" and neurotechnology projects under the secretive BGC3 initiative, directly connecting elite planning to the global shutdown that followed. Gates wasn't caught off guard by pandemics — he was actively modeling them with Epstein's network before the world knew what was coming.

Left narrative

The viral claim that Gates and Epstein planned pandemic simulations is completely false and lacks any direct evidence in the released files. Comprehensive searches of the DOJ's 3 million pages yields little linking Gates to health discussions with Epstein. The supposed "evidence" consists only of Epstein's own unsent draft notes with no corroboration, and Gates' spokesperson has categorically denied these absurd allegations.

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