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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,105 posts) Fri May 15, 2020, 08:11 PM May 2020

Fact check: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates won't profit from drug remdesivir

The claim: Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci created and are set to profit from the drug remdesivir

As corporations and governments rush to develop an effective treatment for COVID-19, medicines have become the targets of partisan praise and ire, helping misinformation about them spread online.

“Hydroxychloroquine is cheap-91% effective. Remdesivir is $1000-under 50% effective. Why is Fauci pushing Remdesivir? It was invented by Fauci and Gates. It’s stock is now soaring. Always follow the $$$$$$$,” a Facebook post with over 13,000 shares reads.

While clinical trials on the drugs remain ongoing, neither hydroxychloroquine nor remdesivir has been proven effective against COVID-19. Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci were also not involved with the development or patenting of resmdesivir, and neither stands to profit from the drug’s distribution.

https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-dr-anthony-fauci-165657783.html

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Fact check: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates won't profit from drug remdesivir (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

There is so much BS on CV19, etc., that one has to fact check everything. Hoyt May 2020 #1

Like Bill Gates or Dr. Fauci are looking to profit from this virus. What a sick joke. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #2

Covidiots indeed madeup64 May 2020 #3

It's like playing whackamole with these idiotic conspiracy posts Quixote1818 May 2020 #4

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. There is so much BS on CV19, etc., that one has to fact check everything.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 08:18 PM

May 2020

OAITW r.2.0

(24,528 posts)

2. Like Bill Gates or Dr. Fauci are looking to profit from this virus. What a sick joke.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 08:43 PM

May 2020

But I have no doubt the rumor spreaders are working with this administration to do just that.

madeup64

(257 posts)

3. Covidiots indeed

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 08:52 PM

May 2020

Yeah the guy that pledged to give away his entire fortune and has tried to get other billionaires to do the same is doing this.
Yet Trump won't release his tax returns after he said he would is evidence of nothing.

Quixote1818

(28,955 posts)

4. It's like playing whackamole with these idiotic conspiracy posts

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 10:05 PM

May 2020

So tired of the BS.

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