Entanglements of the Swiss government with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In the current coronavirus crisis, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, or BMGF for short, is
being heavily criticized by the free media.
Among other things, the foundation is accused of exerting great influence on the decisions
of the World Health Organization (WHO) as its largest private donor.
And thus indirectly also to the governments, some of which have imposed very restrictive measures,
such as a curfew to contain the COVID-19 disease, due to the international health
emergency declared by the WHO.
The mass media usually dismiss this criticism as a conspiracy theory.
In 2017, however, even the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT came up with the headline:
The secret head of the WHO is Bill Gates.
With regard to the BMGF's vaccination promotion programs in poorer countries, the foundation is accused
of making a financial profit from them, as it has shareholdings in the vaccine manufacturers.
Based on the following facts, the accusations and criticism directed at Bill Gates and
his foundation cannot simply be dismissed out of hand.
According to government documents, it must be noted that the BMGF exerts direct influence
on governments through the relevant federal offices and advisory bodies!
The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products Swissmedic, which is part of the Federal
Department of Home Affairs, and the BMGF signed another
financing agreement on February 3, 2020.
Both parties commit themselves for a further 3 years to provide resource-poor
countries with better access to medical care.
According to Swissmedic, the MoU signed between Swissmedic and the BMGF in
January 2014 forms the basis for cooperation between the BMGF and the Federal Departments
of Home Affairs (FDHA) and Foreign Affairs (FDFA).
The declaration of intent states that the BMGF's mission is to reduce global health inequalities
by accelerating the development, deployment and sustainability of health interventions.
That sounds pretty good, but knowing what kind of agenda Bill Gates is pursuing with
his vaccination promotion programs, it is not unreasonable to ask the question:
Could it be that this means speeding up the approval process for vaccines
and promoting a global vaccination obligation?
Explosively, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also made a donation of 900,000 US
dollars to Swissmedic in February 2020.
The financial favoring of a public institution by a private pharmaceutical investor raises questions,
especially since the BMGF already sponsors the international association of pharmaceutical
regulatory authorities ICH and even enjoys observer status there.
Nor can it be denied that Bill Gates, as a major investor in the vaccine industry, could
benefit directly from the decisions of the regulatory authorities favored by his
foundation, such as Swissmedic.
At its meeting on May 13, 2020, the Swiss Federal Council decided on the use
of CHF 175 million in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Switzerland has already provided CHF 10 million to the Coalition for Innovation in Epidemic Prevention.
CEPI for research into a vaccine against the new coronavirus.
CEPI was founded in 2017 at the World Economic Forum by the BMGF and serves to coordinate
vaccine development and its financing.
30 million will go to the Geneva-based Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
(GAVI).
GAVI specializes in the provision of vaccines in developing countries, is 17% financed
by the BMGF and received 750 million US dollars from the foundation as
start-up money.
A further 30 million will also go to foundations that promote access to COVID-19 diagnostics
and treatments for people in developing countries.
At the Global Vaccine Summit convened by GAVI on June 4, 2020, a total
of 8.8 billion dollars was raised for Covid-19 vaccines and 567 million for
an innovative financial instrument to enable vaccine distribution in
low- and middle-income countries.
The President of the Swiss Confederation, Simonetta Sommaruga, reaffirmed her conviction at this
world summit that the coronavirus crisis will only end with vaccines.
- In the spirit of Bill Gates, as he says:
"It's fair to say that things won't really become normal until we have a vaccine.
In view of the Swiss government's financial ties with the BMGF, the common
thrust is no longer surprising.
Nevertheless, it seems highly questionable when a democratically elected government uses
taxpayers' money to financially support private institutions such as the BMGF and alliances
founded by it.
The independence of Switzerland's political decisions in connection with the coronavirus pandemic must therefore rightly be called into question.