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Medellín’s Wolbachia mosquito releases are designed to reduce disease transmission.

The Claim

Bill Gates intends to cause the end of the world by releasing mosquitoes from the World Mosquito Program production facility in Medellín, Colombia.

The Short Version

The allegation is wholly unsupported. Independent fact-checks, peer-reviewed studies, and program records show that the Medellín facility releases mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia to reduce dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases. The World Mosquito Program operates the initiative; Gates-linked philanthropy helped fund it, but no credible evidence indicates that Bill Gates controls the releases or intends catastrophic harm.

Caveats

  • The claim confuses Gates Foundation funding with personal ownership or operational control by Bill Gates.
  • The mosquitoes carry Wolbachia bacteria to suppress disease transmission; descriptions implying an apocalyptic biological weapon are unsupported.
  • The allegation infers malicious intent without evidence and contradicts documented disease-reduction goals and outcomes.

The Receipts

  1. Fábrica de mosquitos en Colombia no crea especies genéticamente modificadas ni es de Bill Gates | Factual

    factual.afp.com

  2. Why a Bill Gates-backed insect factory releases 30 million mosquitoes ...

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  3. Bacteria-Laden Mosquitoes May Be the Cheapest Way to Stop Dengue and Zika | MIT Technology Review

    technologyreview.com

  4. Dengue: Colombia lab breeds and releases 40 million bio-modified mosquitos per week | International | EL PAÍS English

    english.elpais.com

  5. Medellín: el criadero de mosquitos contra el dengue que patrocinó Bill Gates

    eltiempo.com

  6. Programa de liberación de mosquitos no aumentó transmisión de virus - La Silla Vacía

    lasillavacia.com

  7. Mosquitos de Bill Gates no han ‘triplicado’ casos de zika, dengue y chikunguña en Antioquia | ColombiaCheck

    colombiacheck.com

  8. (Video) “La fábrica de mosquitos transgénicos de Bill Gates en Colombia”: #Impreciso

    fastcheck.cl

  9. Impact of Wolbachia Deployment on Arboviral Disease Incidence in Medellin and Bello, Colombia

    clinicaltrials.gov

  10. Large-scale releases and establishment of wMel Wolbachia in ...

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Filed Under

Bill GatesColombiaMedellínWorld Mosquito Program

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