- A text attributed to Professor Didier Raoult asking people living on the African continent not to use a coronavirus vaccine developed by Bill Gates is circulating on the Internet.
- The Mediterranean University Hospital Marseille Infection Institute, which the doctor directs, denies these words from the infectious disease specialist.
- Africa is seeing the coronavirus settle on its soil, with around 40 affected countries, against just one a month ago.
"I call on Africans not to take the vaccine that will soon be on sale against the coronavirus, this vaccine contains poison and the West wants to destroy Africa. This quote, attributed to Professor Didier Raoult, director of the Institut hospitalo-universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection de Marseille, has been widely used on social networks and has given rise to indignant or incredulous comments.
"Let them start these criminals on them first", "Shit it's serious", "The majority of Africans are aware and thank you for the information", "We can say that the African continent has found its head of guru and the messiah to propagate all the most eccentric and accusing conspiracy theories of the whites who want to annihilate Africa ", write some Internet users.
The publication, which includes several spelling errors, presents itself as having an "urgent" character and speaks of a "Bill Gates vaccine to fight against the coronavirus", before quoting Didier Raoult: "Why they do not start their vaccine in Italy, Spain and France where there are many cases? Why do they want to start in Africa where there are fewer cases? I call on African leaders to be careful, the only vaccine and antidote to fight against the coronavirus is chloroquine. I want this message to be shared throughout Africa. "
It is true that the doctor has been defending for several weeks his hypothesis of treatment based on chloroquine for patients affected by Covid-19, even if the effectiveness of this antimalarial is still under scientific evaluation.
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The Facebook pages supposed to have relayed Didier Raoult's text do not in fact refer to any account or any Internet link. The alleged page of "BROWNS", with the portrait of Didier Raoult in profile photo, does not exist. Another screenshot would come from the Facebook page of Awissi Web TV, a production and broadcasting company based in Benin. However, on the real Facebook page of this press organization, no post of this kind appears. It is a montage.
Focus Guinea, which presents itself as a “general information and analysis site”, put these same statements by Professor Didier Raoult online this Saturday, without specifying its source.
Contacted by 20 Minutes , the IHU communication service confirms: “Didier Raoult is not at the origin of this quote. Since the coronavirus crisis, the professor has become a central figure in conspiracy theories.
For its part, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, named after the American billionaire and his wife, part of whose work deals with research on the subject of vaccination, is also regularly the target of intoxication.
If the African continent initially seemed to be spared by the Covid-19 epidemic, it could actually be hit hard. In 46 countries, there are 4,282 cases for 134 deaths, according to the new assessment made public this Sunday morning by the Center for the prevention and control of diseases of the African Union. The researchers estimate that it will still take months to get a vaccine, because for now, the testing phase on humans is just beginning.
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