Background of the event: Recently, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Spain, Australia and other countries have successively reported confirmed cases of monkeypox. The United States and Europe are investigating this and ordering vaccines for prevention. There are rumors on Weibo, Twitter and other platforms – American entrepreneur and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has long predicted that the monkeypox virus will break out, and Pfizer got help from Gates last year and has a vaccine ready – It is suggested that the spread of this monkeypox case was man-made.
– Internet rumors that “Bill Gates predicts monkeypox virus outbreak in 2021 to help Pfizer prepare vaccine” lacks evidence. Gates did speak out in 2021 on “pandemic and bioterrorism” and other topics, but there was no mention of the word “monkeypox” and there was no monkeypox virus in Pfizer’s catalog. vaccine products.
– According to several European and American media reports, the U.S. health department has ordered 13 million doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine from Nordisk in Bavaria. The vaccine is one of only two vaccines approved in the U.S. for variola virus prevention, and the only vaccine currently licensed in the U.S. specifically to prevent monkeypox.
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Gates’ prophecy?
Searching for keywords like “Pfizer Bill Gates monkeypox” on Google can’t find authoritative news on this. Still, the link between Gates and the virus doesn’t come out of nowhere. In November 2021, Gates participated in an interview organised by the Policy Exchange think tank with Jeremy Hunt, chair of the UK Health Select Committee. In response to Hunter’s question about “how should governments around the world prepare for the next pandemic that may come in the future”, Gates said he hopes to write a book called “We Are Ready for the Next Pandemic” within five years Be Prepared for Sickness”, but this requires tens of billions of dollars in investment from governments including the United Kingdom and the United States.
At the same time, Gates spoke of the need for a WHO-level task force that could play what he called a “germ game” to prepare countries for a bioterrorist attack. As an example, he said: “What if a bioterrorist brought smallpox to 10 airports?”
Screenshot of Gates’ conversation with Hunter
It’s important to stress that Gates did not mention any words related to “monkeypox” in this conversation, posted on his YouTube account by Policy Exchange. In addition, although this remark made by Gates was later reprinted by many media and reported as “Gates warned that terrorists may use smallpox as a weapon to launch a biological terrorist attack”, the scene he mentioned in the conversation was a kind of WHO The working group simulates the possibility of this attack, rather than a prediction that it will actually happen.
In fact, Gates has a long history of focusing on disease pandemics and bioterrorism attacks. In 2015, at an event hosted by the American media organization TED, Gates made a point of view on the Ebola virus case that broke out in 2014, arguing that the world is not ready for the next big outbreak of the virus. He pointed out that a terrible virus can bring disasters to mankind even more serious than a nuclear war.
In 2015, Gates spoke at the TED conference, saying that the world is not ready for the next virus outbreak.
Pfizer to produce monkeypox vaccine?
So, did Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company known for producing mRNA vaccines during the new crown pandemic, really “foresee” the emergence of this round of monkeypox cases and prepared a vaccine in advance? Under the “Products” column of Pfizer’s official website, there is a complete list of drugs and vaccines developed by the company. There are more than 300 products, but after verification, there is no vaccine product related to the so-called “monkeypox”.
Screenshot of product catalog page on Pfizer’s official website
According to recent reports from Fortune, Newsweek and The Independent, after the first case of monkeypox infection was confirmed in the U.S., the U.S. health department is currently ordering 300% of the drugs from Bavarian Nordic. JYNNEOS vaccine, a total of 13 million doses, with a total value of 119 million US dollars.
JYNNEOS, also known as Imvanex, is currently the only vaccine licensed in the United States specifically to prevent monkeypox. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine for use in people 18 years of age and older in September 2019, while the European Medicines Agency has filed the vaccine earlier, dating back to 2013. In addition, according to the information on the official website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the JYNNEOS vaccine is also one of only two vaccines currently approved for the prevention of smallpox virus in the United States.
Screenshot of FDA’s official website announcement of its approval of JYNNEOS vaccine
As we all know, it has been more than 40 years since humans have eliminated the smallpox virus. Why did the US FDA approve the use of the “anti-smallpox vaccine” in 2019? In the news announcement that the JYNNEOS vaccine was approved, Peter Marks, MD, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, mentioned: “The World Health Organization demonstrated in 1980 that naturally occurring Eradication of Smallpox Disease. Routine vaccination of the American public was discontinued in 1972 when the disease was eradicated in the United States. As a result, much of the U.S. and global population had no immunity (to variola virus)…even though naturally occurring smallpox disease has been No longer a global threat, but the deliberate release of this highly contagious virus could have devastating effects. Today’s approval reflects the U.S. government’s commitment to the development of safe and effective vaccines, therapeutics and other medical countermeasures Commitment to preparation.”
It is also worth noting that data from the FDA and CDC show that in 2003 and 2021, there have been cases of monkeypox infection in the continental United States.
The CDC’s official website explained the principle of action of JYNNEOS, saying that it is administered in “a live virus that is non-replicating” and needs to be administered in two subcutaneous injections, with each interval 4 weeks. The CDC emphasizes that people who receive JYNNEOS are not considered vaccinated until they have completed two doses of the vaccine.
Screenshot of CDC official website
To sum up, there is no evidence on the Internet that “Bill Gates predicted a monkeypox virus outbreak in 2021 and helped Pfizer prepare a vaccine“. Gates did speak out in 2021 on “pandemic and bioterrorism” and other topics, but did not mention any word related to “monkeypox”, and Pfizer’s product catalogue is not related to monkeypox virus. related vaccine products.
According to several European and American media reports, the U.S. health department has ordered 13 million doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine from Bavarian Nordisk. The vaccine is one of only two vaccines approved in the U.S. for variola virus prevention, and the only vaccine currently licensed in the U.S. specifically to prevent monkeypox.