Forty-four percent of Republican respondents in a new survey by Yahoo News and YouGov said they thought Bill Gates wanted to use COVID-19 vaccinations to implant location-tracking microchips into people, a baseless conspiracy theory that has gained traction among fringe groups and conservative pundits.
The survey also found that 26% of Republican respondents said they did not believe the false narrative, while 31% remained undecided on the topic. Half of the people surveyed who said Fox News was their main source of TV news also believed the idea.
The poll also found that 19% of Democratic respondents, 24% of independents, and 15% of people who said MSNBC was their main source of TV news also believed the myth. Continue reading.