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2024-08-15 20:02:56 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is a misquote. Bill Gates was talking about reducing the rate of population growth, not population. Gates has stated improving vaccines and healthcare can paradoxically slow the rate of population growth in poor countries, because it lowers the child mortality rate https://www.planet-today.com/2023/11/bill-gates-roars-with-laughter-when.html https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9917566788 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/viral-image/no-bill-gates-didnt-write-an-article-called-depopu/
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