This entry documents the baseless conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was economically motivated. Variants claim Bill Gates planned the pandemic, that pharmaceutical firms created the virus for profit, or that China engineered it to cut pension costs—all rejected by experts as unfounded.
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- Bill Gates planned the COVID-19 pandemicBill Gates preemptively planned the COVID-19 pandemic to push his foundation's agenda regarding the importance of infectious disease prevention, which he outlined in a TED talk several years ago.
- Pharmaceutical companies created COVID-19Disease is a lucrative business for pharmaceutical companies. During the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s, upwards of a $100 billion was spent on combative drugs. COVID-19 is a financial opportunity.
- COVID-19 is a Chinese government scam to reduce state pension outgoingsThe Chinese government has already allowed certain SMEs to back out of established pension obligations and insurance fees to ease the virus' financial burden. Was it pre-empted?