Gates Foundation Official Calls U.S. Fake Vaccination Scheme To Capture Bin Laden ‘Huge Mistake’

The National: Fake U.S. vaccine scheme to catch Bin Laden was ‘huge mistake’
“The United States made a ‘huge mistake’ by launching a fake immunization program in its quest to find Osama bin Laden, an expert seeking to eradicate polio has claimed. Chris Elias, president of the Global Development Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said the CIA plot had fueled conspiracy theories about vaccines in Pakistan, one of only two countries which continues to report polio cases…” (Sanderson, 12/10).

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