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February 5th, 2009

Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED

Posted by Richard Koman @ February 5, 2009 @ 6:59 AM

Categories: International

Tags: Bill Gates, Richard Koman

Bill Gates made his best effort to bring the realities of sub-Saharan Africa to the technorati yesterday. Speaking at TED, he produced and then opened a jar of mosquitos, saying:

Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some. Here I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.

Roam they did … for about a minute, before Gates announced they weren’t infected, just garden-variety mosquitos.

Twitter reaction:

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Too few facts, too many opinions
If the mosquitoes were male, they would not have bitten anyone.

Only the females seek/require blood.

Since he probably got the mosquitoes from a lab working on mosquito-borne diseases, t... (Read the rest)
Posted by: astro_z Posted on: 02/10/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Gate$ should be locked at Guantanamo!  Linux Geek | 02/05/09
Are you insane?  DocNasty | 02/05/09
News Flash, Bin Laden still on the loose!  bernalillo | 02/05/09
Disappointed but still hopeful these guys are a minority  myother | 02/05/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  OttawaNoob | 02/05/09
Well,  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 02/05/09
Perspective  frgough | 02/05/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  teebubb | 02/05/09
Don't worry about it  frgough | 02/05/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  winkyone | 02/05/09
Another example...  rapson | 02/05/09
So you think birth defects are OK  rkoman@... | 02/05/09
Ah, the strawman appears  rapson | 02/06/09
How is it a strawman?  rkoman@... | 02/06/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  chwy_nougat@... | 02/05/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  neverhome | 02/05/09
Didn't even make national news.  bernalillo | 02/05/09
Inappropriate behavior  Lizzie_B | 02/05/09
RE: Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED  twaynesdomain | 02/05/09
Gates is very lucky...to be in one peice.  gallegosx | 02/05/09
Too few facts, too many opinions  astro_z | 02/10/09

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