Bill Gates Released Jar of Mosquitoes at Packed Conference
Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft and a renowned philanthropist, let loose a swarm of mosquitoes at a technology conference in California to highlight the dangers of malaria.
Published February 06, 2009
Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft and a renowned philanthropist, let loose a swarm of mosquitoes at a technology conference in California to highlight the dangers of malaria.
“Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” the Microsoft founder yelled at a well-heeled crowd at a technology conference in California. “I brought some,” he added. “Here, I’ll let them roam around – there is no reason only poor people should be infected.”
He let the shocked audience sweat for a minute or so before assuring them that the freed insects were malaria- free.