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The claim

Bill Gates pagou pesquisa para gripe aviária ser transmissível para humanos

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ENGANOSO

Reviewed by SBT News ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the Gates foundation donated about $9 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009 for research to identify H5N1 mutations that could pose a pandemic risk and monitor them—not to make the virus transmissible to humans. It describes the research’s purpose as anticipating a possible pandemic and preparing public-health responses.[S1]

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  1. [S1] SBT News original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026