Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

They did some wonderful-seeming things against diseases. For example, they distributed millions of insect nets across Africa to prevent malaria, and funded vaccines across Africa and India, even funding the creation of their own. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 21, 2023

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Bill & Melinda studied the matter for a couple years, and by around 1998 decided that what they would do with their billions is conquer disease in the developing world. They would do this through education (especially female), development work, and vaccines. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 21, 2023

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But some of these attempts had unexpected consequences. Malaria netting was used to fish-out rivers in Africa, destroying them. Some vaccines backfired, causing polio, blindness, and death to hundreds of thousands in Africa and India. That's very Dr. Frankenstein-ish. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 21, 2023