Lewis Hamilton shared then deleted a post to his 18.3 million Instagram followers that appeared to accuse Bill Gates of lying about coronavirus vaccine trials allegedly endorsing a conspiracy theory about Gates wanting to implant microchips into people.
The six-time world champion shared a video of Gates from a July 22 interview with CBS in which Gates talked about the coronavirus vaccine, specifically concerns over possible side effects.
In the interview, Gates, whose foundation is supporting the development of a vaccine, denied a conspiracy theory making the rounds suggesting that he wants to use the vaccine as a way to insert microchips into recipients for tracking purposes.Hamilton’s Instagram post comes shortly after UK prime minister Boris Johnson called anti-vaxxers ‘nuts,’ according to The Independent.
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