Did Bill Gates Release Malaria Mosquitoes Into Tech Audience?; Did Bill Gates Release Malaria Mosquitoes Into Tech Audience?
Did Bill Gates Release Malaria Mosquitoes Into Tech Audience? ‘There is no reason only poor people should be infected.’ Stunt: Bill Gates releases the mosquitos. The philanthropist has campaigned to help the poorest countries in the world Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria. ‘Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,’ Gates said while opening a jar on stage at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference in Monterey, California a gathering known to attract technology kings, politicians, and Hollywood stars. ‘I brought some. Here I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.’ First reported on social networking site Twitter, Facebook’s Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin blogged, ‘Bill Gates just released mosquitoes into the audience at TED.’ Gates then waited a minute or so before assuring the audience the freed insects wer
