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A bizarre conspiracy theory puts Bill Gates at the center of the coronavirus crisis — and major conservative pundits are circulating it
一种离奇的阴谋论将比尔·盖茨置于冠状病毒危机的中心——主要的保守派权威人士正在传播这一理论
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Bill Gates has advocated for pandemic preparedness for years and famously gave a TED talk in 2015 that warned of the potentially staggering death toll a worldwide pandemic could create.
比尔·盖茨多年来一直主张为大流行做好准备，并在2015年发表了著名的TED演讲，警告称全球大流行可能会造成令人震惊的死亡人数。
As the coronavirus pandemic has spread around the world, Gates has pledged $250 million to fight the disease and create a vaccine.
随着冠状病毒大流行在世界各地蔓延，盖茨承诺提供2.5亿美元用于抗击这种疾病并研发疫苗。
Incredibly, it's these two factors that provide the foundation of a new set of conspiracy theories that point to Gates as the origin of coronavirus — and those conspiracy theories have rapidly gone from fringe online conspiracy theorists to the mouths of conservative pundits.
令人难以置信的是，正是这两个因素为一系列新的阴谋论提供了基础，这些阴谋论指出盖茨是冠状病毒的源头——这些阴谋论已经迅速从边缘网络阴谋论者变成了保守派专家的口中。
Here's what we know:
以下是我们知道的情况：
In 2015, Bill Gates gave a TED talk titled, "The next outbreak? We're not ready."
2015年，比尔·盖茨在TED做了一次演讲，题目是“下一次疫情爆发？我们还没有准备好。”
In his 2015 TED talk, Gates examined the ebola outbreak that killed thousands of people in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.He highlighted the factors that kept the disease from spreading worldwide, and warned against the potential for a much more contagious, worldwide pandemic.
在2015年的TED演讲中，盖茨研究了导致几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂数千人死亡的埃博拉疫情。他强调了阻止这种疾病在世界范围内传播的因素，并警告说，有可能发生一场传染性更强的全球大流行。
"The failure to prepare could allow the next epidemic to be dramatically more devastating than ebola," he said."You can have a virus where people feel well enough while they're infectious that they get on a plane, or they go to a market."
他说：“如果没有做好准备，下一次疫情的破坏性可能会比埃博拉大得多。”“你可能会感染一种病毒，当人们感觉很好的时候，他们会传染到登上飞机，或者去市场。”
Indeed, that is exactly the case with the novel coronavirus — symptoms of the disease don't necessarily manifest for up to 14 days, and potentially longer.
事实上，这正是新型冠状病毒的情况-这种疾病的症状不一定要在长达14天，甚至更长的时间内出现。
You can watch the full TED talk right here: Citing that talk, and the Gates Foundation's $250 million contribution to fight the disease, some right-wing conspiracy theorists claim Gates is the mastermind that created the novel coronavirus.
你可以在这里观看完整的TED演讲：引用那次演讲，以及盖茨基金会为抗击这种疾病捐赠的2.5亿美元，一些右翼阴谋论者声称盖茨是创造新型冠状病毒的策划者。
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The conspiracy theories connecting Gates to coronavirus started in late January, according to a recent New York Times investigation, with a "YouTube personality linked to QAnon" who claimed Gates had prior knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic.
根据“纽约时报”最近的一项调查，将盖茨与冠状病毒联系起来的阴谋论始于1月下旬，一名“与Qanon有关的YouTube人物”声称盖茨事先知道冠状病毒的流行。
Days later, the website Infowars — the site run by Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who claims the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax — published a piece that incorrectly stated the Gates Foundation "co-hosted a pandemic exercise in late 2019 that simulated a global coronavirus outbreak."
几天后，由声称桑迪·胡克(Sandy Hook)枪击案是一场恶作剧的阴谋论者亚历克斯·琼斯(Alex Jones)运营的Infowars网站发表了一篇文章，错误地称盖茨基金会“在2019年末共同主办了一次大流行演习，模拟了一场全球冠状病毒爆发”。
The Infowars piece attempted to connect the Gates Foundation's ongoing investments in fighting global pandemics to prior knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic.
Infowars的这篇文章试图将盖茨基金会正在进行的抗击全球流行病的投资与冠状病毒大流行的事先知识联系起来。
According to a FactCheck.org followup, "There was in fact an exercise (called 'Event 201') that took place in October that was hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — which the Gates Foundation participated in — that focused on emergency preparedness in the event of a 'very severe pandemic.' But it didn't deal with 2019-nCoV [novel coronavirus], and it didn't make real-life predictions about death tolls."
根据FactCheck.org的后续报道，“事实上，在10月份，由约翰·霍普金斯健康安全中心(Johns Hopkins Center For Health Security)主办、盖茨基金会(Gates Foundation)参与的一次演习(名为‘事件201’)的重点是在‘非常严重的流行病’发生时做好应急准备。但它没有涉及2019年的新型冠状病毒，也没有对死亡人数做出现实生活中的预测。”
That distinction, however, was ignored by conspiracy theorists.
然而，这种区别被阴谋论者忽视了。
For the next two months, conspiracies that Gates knew of the virus beforehand or was directly responsible for its creation exploded.And now it's reached at least one Fox News host.
在接下来的两个月里，关于盖茨事先知道这种病毒或对其创造负有直接责任的阴谋爆发。现在至少有一位福克斯新闻主持人收到了它。
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Mentions of coronavirus-related Bill Gates conspiracy theories have exploded on social media and TV: They were mentioned 1.2 million times in the last two months, according to data provided to the New York Times by the media intelligence firm Zignal Labs.
社交媒体和电视上对与冠状病毒有关的比尔·盖茨阴谋论的提及呈爆炸式增长：媒体情报公司Zignal Labs向“纽约时报”提供的数据显示，在过去两个月里，这些阴谋论被提及120万次。
Those conspiracy theories have spread from fringe right-wing conspiracy theorists, like Alex Jones, to conservative pundits like Fox News host Laura Ingraham."Digitally tracking Americans' every move has been a dream of the globalists for years," Ingraham tweeted in early April."This health crisis is the perfect vehicle for them to push this."
这些阴谋论已经从亚历克斯·琼斯(Alex Jones)等边缘右翼阴谋论者蔓延到福克斯新闻(Fox News)主持人劳拉·英格拉汉姆(Laura Ingraham)等保守派专家。英格拉汉姆在4月初的推特上写道：“多年来，数字跟踪美国人的一举一动一直是全球主义者的梦想。”“这场健康危机是他们推动这一点的完美工具。”
The commentary was attached to another tweet, which linked to an article about Bill Gates on a conspiracy theory website that cites an answer Gates gave during a Reddit AMA earlier this year.Gates spoke of a hypothetical "digital certificate" that would certify if people were vaccinated from coronavirus.
这篇评论附加在另一条推文上，这条推文链接到一家阴谋论网站上一篇关于比尔·盖茨的文章，这篇文章引用了盖茨今年早些时候在Reddit AMA上给出的答案。盖茨谈到了一种假想的“数字证书”，它将证明人们是否接种了冠状病毒疫苗。
According to the piece, "The inevitable mass vaccination campaign to eradicate COVID-19 would be the perfect opportunity to introduce a worldwide digital ID. This system would store a wealth of information about each individual (including vaccination history) and would be used to grant access to rights and services."
根据这篇文章，“根除COVID-19的不可避免的大规模疫苗接种运动将是引入全球数字身份证的绝佳机会。这个系统将存储每个人的丰富信息(包括疫苗接种历史)，并将被用来授予获得权利和服务的权利。”
It baselessly claimed that Gates — alongside other rich and powerful people — is using the coronavirus pandemic as a means of instilling a worldwide caste system based on a digital ID.
它毫无根据地声称，盖茨-与其他有钱有势的人-正在利用冠状病毒大流行作为一种手段，在全球范围内灌输基于数字身份证的种姓制度。
Ingraham's followers understood the message: "I will not take a #BillGatesVaccine," one responded.
英格拉汉姆的追随者理解这一信息：“我不会接种#BillGatesVaccine，”其中一人回应说。
Former Trump staffer Roger Stone, who was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison earlier this year, was more direct than Ingraham."Whether Bill Gates played some role in the creation and spread of this virus is open for vigorous debate," Stone said in a radio interview, according to a New York Post report."I have conservative friends who say it's ridiculous and others say absolutely."
特朗普前工作人员罗杰·斯通(Roger Stone)今年早些时候被判在联邦监狱服刑40个月，他比英格拉汉姆更直接。据“纽约邮报”报道，斯通在一次电台采访中说：“比尔·盖茨是否在这种病毒的产生和传播中发挥了一定作用，还有待激烈辩论。”“我有一些保守派朋友说这很荒谬，其他人则说绝对如此。”
Why Bill Gates?Why now?Even pandemics are partisan.
为什么是比尔·盖茨？为什么是现在？即使是流行病也是党派之争。
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Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the billions that Gates earned from co-founding Microsoft and turning it into an international powerhouse is being used to fight contagious disease around the world.They've spent millions on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and polio.
通过比尔和梅林达·盖茨基金会，盖茨从与人共同创立微软并将其转变为国际巨头所赚取的数十亿美元正被用于在世界各地抗击传染性疾病。他们在艾滋病、疟疾和脊髓灰质炎的预防和治疗上花费了数百万美元。
Gates also co-founded The Giving Pledge with his friend and fellow billionaire Warren Buffet, a campaign to get billionaires to promise to give away the majority of their fortunes to philanthropic causes.
盖茨还与他的朋友、亿万富翁沃伦·巴菲特(Warren Buffet)共同创立了捐赠誓言(Giving Pledge)，这是一项让亿万富翁承诺将大部分财富捐赠给慈善事业的活动。
But Gates has also voiced opposition to President Trump's federal coronavirus response.
但盖茨也表示反对特朗普总统的联邦冠状病毒应对措施。
"Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds," he tweeted on April 15, just after President Trump announced intentions to cut funding for the World Health Organization."Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever."
4月15日，就在特朗普总统宣布打算削减对世界卫生组织的资助之后，他在推特上写道：“在世界卫生危机期间停止对世界卫生组织的资助，就像听起来一样危险。”“他们的工作正在减缓COVID-19的传播，如果停止这项工作，没有其他组织可以取代他们。世界现在比以往任何时候都更需要@WHO。”
Despite Gates not mentioning the president, responses to his tweet are notably partisan — and several challengers accuse Gates, through association with former President Bill Clinton and the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, of being part of an Illuminati-esque cabal.
尽管盖茨没有提到总统，但对他的推文的回应明显带有党派色彩-几名挑战者通过与前总统比尔·克林顿(Bill Clinton)和已故被判有罪的恋童癖杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)的联系，指责盖茨是一个光明会式的阴谋集团的成员。
Despite being especially vocal lately, Gates hasn't said much in response to the conspiracies."It's ironic," he told GCTN in a televised interview.
尽管盖茨最近特别直言不讳，但他并没有对这些阴谋做出过多回应。“这很讽刺，”他在电视采访中告诉GCTN。
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Gates declined an interview with the New York Times for its report on coronavirus-related Bill Gates conspiracy theories — a rare no from a man who's made numerous press appearances lately in an attempt to get out the message on coronavirus prevention.
盖茨拒绝了“纽约时报”关于与冠状病毒有关的比尔·盖茨阴谋论的报道——这是一个罕见的拒绝接受采访的人，他最近多次在新闻发布会上露面，试图传达预防冠状病毒的信息。
He did, however, answer a question about those conspiracy theories in a televised interview with Chinese broadcast channel GCTN.
然而，在接受中国广播频道GCTN（注：这里应该是CGTN）的电视采访时，他确实回答了有关这些阴谋论的问题。
"I'd say it's ironic that you take someone who's doing their best to get the world ready and putting, in my case, billions of dollars into these tools for infectious diseases, and really trying to solve broadly infectious diseases — including those that cause pandemics," Gates said."But we're in a crazy situation, so there's going to be crazy rumors."
盖茨说：“我想说，这很讽刺，你们针对一个尽最大努力让世界做好准备的人，在我的情况下，投入数十亿美元在这些传染病工具上，真正试图解决广泛的传染性疾病，包括那些导致大流行的疾病。但我们正处于疯狂的境地，所以会有疯狂的传言。”
