The claim
Bill Gates pagou pesquisa para gripe aviária ser transmissível para humanos
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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Sources and attribution
- [S1] SBT News original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026