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2023-06-28 16:22:10 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

In 2021, it was announced that Oxitec would release approximately 150,000 mosquitoes across several locations in Florida. No mosquitoes were released in Texas. The genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida are part of a project by Oxitec that Bill Gates did not fund. https://www.geneconvenevi.org/articles/fact-check-bill-gates-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-are-responsible-for-mosquito-borne-viruses-in-florida-and-are-part-of-the-next-planned-pandemic/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-release-gmo-mosquitoes/

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• In 2021, it was announced that Oxitec would release approximately 150,000 mosquitoes across several locations in Florida. No mosquitoes were released in Texas. The genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida are part of a project by Oxitec that Bill Gates did not fund. https://www.geneconvenevi.org/articles/fact-check-bill-gates-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-are-responsible-for-mosquito-borne-viruses-in-florida-and-are-part-of-the-next-planned-pandemic/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-release-gmo-mosquitoes/