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Nice to meet you.

- Oh, okay.
- Yes.

In
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,

I lived with two
conspiracy theorists,

in character, for several days.

- Vaccines.
- Bill Gates.

- Mail-in ballots.
- Chinese virus.

- Drink their blood.
- Not nice.

The myths and misinformation
they shared with Borat

fuel a dangerous rhetoric
that is tearing apart societies

in front of our eyes.

In this series of episodes,

we'll introduce Jim and Jerry
to world-leading experts,

doctors and academics,

who will address some of

the most dangerous conspiracies
head-on,

and debunk them face-to-face.

Hello, Jim and Jerry.

This is Hilary Rodham Clinton.

What do you think
about with Bill Gates

and what, uh, the virus?

I mean, the vaccine.

I refuse. I'm not...

It's not gonna happen. You know?

It's like, they've been...
he's been running

the chip in Africa.

Putting the chips in,
in the vaccine shots.

- In the people.
- Put the chip in the needle?

- Yes.
- Yes.

I understand, when he did
a bunch of those vaccines

over there, he killed
a bunch of people with that.

The conspiracy
theory,

falsely linking Bill Gates

to the concept of microchips
in vaccines,

goes back to a theoretical study
done at MIT in 2019.

The purpose of the study
was to explore

how to improve
healthcare in regions

with limited access
to medical records

by storing data
within the patient.

The solution they considered

used Quantum Dot Dye
within vaccines

that contain a person's
vaccination history.

A major supporter of the study?

The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.

So, a theoretical study,
designed to save lives,

got put through the internet
ringer and became,

"Bill Gates is inserting
microchips in vaccines

to track the population."

- I'm excited to meet you.
- Excited to meet you.

- So, I'm Jennifer. - You're
a doctor or something, right?

I'm an epidemiologist.

Jennifer Nuzzo,

with the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School.

Dr. Nuzzo, great to have you
back on the NewsHour.

When I think back
to who had it right, it's you.

I got a lot of questions
for you.

The world is on the brink of
a great scientific achievement.

A COVID-19 vaccine will likely
be ready by early next year.

I get a lot of questions
about the vaccines,

and whether they
have microchips in it.

And there's so much
misinformation out there.

A lot of people do believe it.

The microchip is, like,

- really small, though.
- It's like people...

Honestly, it puzzles me why

people think that there are
microchips in the vaccines.

Um, in part, because it just
doesn't really add up.

And the needle is small.

It's less than
half a millimeter.

A microchip able
to track your movements

would also need to include
a battery and an antenna.

The smallest possible version
of those right now

are about the size of a coin.

First of all, how it could

actually even fit
through the needle?

It's, it's not possible.

And, at the end of the day,
I ask "why"?

Like, why would we do that

when the phones that we carry
in our pockets

relay so much more information?

I got to thinking about that,
when I first heard about it,

and I thought "I-I don't know
if that's true."

I just... I don't know.

We are
seeing polls showing

high levels
of vaccine hesitancy.

And there is no way,

as long as I'm living,

that my children are going
to be injected with that.

We worry
that if we let this virus

continue to circulate
at high levels,

that we could see the emergence
of new genetic mutants.

Or, worst-case scenario,

possibly overcome the vaccine
and medicines that we have.

The government is saying,

"Get the vaccine.
Get the vaccine."

- Yeah. - Um, "It's safe.
It's good. Get it."

But yet, you watch, and you
pay attention to the news

over in this area,
and they talk about

a small number of people

that's died
from getting the vaccine.

And with the side effects
that they're getting from it,

it's, kind of, like,
what they're saying,

like cerebral palsy.

When you administer

nearly a billion vaccines
worldwide,

it's not surprising
to see very rare side effects.

You are much, much, much
more likely to die of COVID

than from a vaccine.

Any halt in vaccination
just shows how carefully

we're watching for side effects.

The terrible thing about these

anti-science
conspiracy theories,

is that they can have really
devastating consequences.

Not only for the individuals
who-who hold them,

but for public health.

Microsoft
and Google's

first quarter statements

showed record income
beyond projected expectations.

Online advertising
boosted revenues

driven by search results
and YouTube autoplays.

The search and autoplay
functions are perfectly designed

to send viewers down
conspiracy theory rabbit holes.

Despite promises
to keep users safe,

Big Tech makes up to
$1 billion a year

from the anti-vax industry,

which threatens
the effectiveness

of the coronavirus vaccine.

The vaccine will not go
in my body, period.

So, we very much need

a high level of confidence
in the vaccine,

a high level of willingness
to get vaccinated by everybody,

and a high availability
of vaccines

to protect every country
on the planet.

Any lingering questions
about the vaccines?

We could talk about this
all day long.

Listen, please get vaccinated.

I want you to get vaccinated.

These vaccines are some of

the best vaccines
we have, period.

There have been some scientists
who have been working

on coronavirus vaccines
for decades.

You know, more than a decade,
15 years.

We are all terrified of the idea

of losing our autonomy,
losing control over

what we do
and-and what we think.

And this, I think,
is an expression of that larger,

more widespread belief
or anxiety.

Just a tiny, little shot,
twice, and you're done.

Can't make no promises.

Uh...

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