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Bill Gates’ daughter, Jennifer Gates, a medical student, received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine late last week and, like many recipients relieved, a photo shared. But Gates has also shown that she is well aware of the false conspiracy theories about her father. After expressing her gratitude for the vaccine, she joked, “PPS unfortunately the vaccine did not implant my genius father in my brain – if only mRNA had the power.”
Gates’ father, the co-founder of Microsoft, worked for many years researching and promoting vaccines worldwide through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has also been the subject of many bizarre and completely unfounded conspiracy theories, including one that falsely claims that he insists on COVID-19 vaccinations to inject people with a microchip that will keep an eye on them.
Jennifer Gates, a sophomore at the Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai, New York City, also remarked in her post: ‘I’ll still wear my mask (or two!) After receiving my second dose – hope it’s of course. ‘Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to President Joe Biden, recently endorsed wearing a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, which according to the CDC improves the fit of the surgical mask and thus provides better protection against the coronavirus.
Jennifer, 24, is the eldest of Bill and Melinda Gates’ three children.
Bill Gates received his first coronavirus vaccine last month and qualifies for it because he turned 65 in October. Like daughter, like father: He too shared a photo of the happy moment and wrote, “I feel great.”