Covid-era conspiracy theories accuse Bill Gates of 'creating' hantavirus outbreak

About this episode

The episode discusses the resurgence of conspiracy theories linking Bill Gates to the hantavirus outbreak amid rising cases from a cruise ship.

As the number of confirmed hantavirus cases from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius reaches nine, social media users have firmly revived Covid-19-era conspiracy theories of "bioweapons" and "plandemics", making the online rhetoric feel eerily familiar. Among these resurrected theories, the name of American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has once again emerged.

Topics covered

• conspiracy theories
• hantavirus
• Covid-19
• bioweapons
• social media
• Bill Gates

Keywords

• hantavirus
• Bill Gates
• conspiracy theories
• Covid-19
• bioweapons
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FRANCE 24, MV Hondius

Places: Dutch

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