ClaimsBill Gates

“I followed it carefully through the case analysis tools we use to track polio eradication.”

Bill Gates, giving TED talk 2015 Transcript of Bill Gates TED Talk 2015: The next outbreak? We're not ready (Rev) archived copy

Factual Biosecurity

Bill Gates followed the Ebola outbreak closely using the case analysis tools used to track polio eradication.

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How Gates personally followed Ebola and which tools he used is known only to him and his team.

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Bill Gates, “Bill Gates followed the Ebola outbreak closely using the case analysis tools used to track polio eradication.” (said 2015). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_8e3bdc465ab5, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_8e3bdc465ab5

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