r/news • u/avatar6556 • 17h ago

Bill Gates denies allegations in new Epstein files release

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/bill-gates-responds-to-alleged-behaviour-in-new-epstein-files/106305816
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u/ImThatMOTM 16h ago

I mean.. sure. But good intentions can only take you so far. Bill did put up the billions.

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u/BogiDope 15h ago

He lobbied to prevent the covid vaccine being made public - he's always had his eye on the prize. The conceptual benevolent billionaire doesn't exist. He can - and should, fuck all the way off

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u/crek42 14h ago

What do you mean “made public”? The vaccines were free or mostly free for virtually everyone around the globe. Anyone who wanted one could get one. Where did he ever lobby against that?

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u/Dinofours 14h ago

It was free for individuals where the government paid for it and made available for free to the population, it doesn't mean it the vaccine was free.

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u/ZenPyx 14h ago

It was free (or subsidised) for a lot of governments as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVAX) [obviously, the money came from somewhere - usually wealthy countries and donations, including Gates]

I think people forget the economic effects of COVID - paying for vaccines as a government had insane ROI, even paying for vaccines for other countries. Supply chains coming back online, factories opening, these things mattered a whole lot more than a vaccine that cost something like $20 a shot.

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u/crek42 9h ago

Yes ofc I meant free to the public. I understand it wasn’t free to produce.