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2023-03-27 14:53:36 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Quote is taken out of context; Gates is talking about a free and voluntary reduction in future birth rates; vaccines have that effect "because they reduce child mortality and data shows that birth rates decrease when children are more likely to survive into adulthood." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/23/fact-check-post-misleads-bill-gates-comment-vaccines-population-growth/11527555002/

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• Quote is taken out of context; Gates is talking about a free and voluntary reduction in future birth rates; vaccines have that effect "because they reduce child mortality and data shows that birth rates decrease when children are more likely to survive into adulthood." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/23/fact-check-post-misleads-bill-gates-comment-vaccines-population-growth/11527555002/