claim: Dr. Robert Gallo admitted to "inventing" the HIV virus in a plot to "depopulate humanity."
origin: On 14 May 2017, theÂ Anti News NetworkÂ reported that Dr. Robert Gallo, who played a major role in the landmark discovery of the link between human immunodeficiency virus (better known by as the acronym HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (or AIDS), had confessed to â€œinventingâ€ the virus as part of a plot to depopulate the world. The article republishes, in full, a 5 July 2016 story onÂ Your News Wire, a web site known for publishing false and fabricated stories, hoaxes and conspiracy theories. The story was also republished by the Natural Healing Magazine web site in July 2016. The story carries the headline: â€œDr. Gallo: â€˜I Invented AIDS to Depopulate Humanityâ€ and claims: < Dr. Robert Gallo, the scientist credited with â€˜discoveringâ€™ the HIV virus in 1984, has admitted that he created AIDSÂ in order to reduce the worldâ€™s population.Â > Your News Wire, in turn, cites the â€œDaily Postâ€ as having written a series of somewhat incoherent paragraphs characterized by spelling, grammar and syntax errors.Â (A link provided for the original Daily Post article redirects to spam, unrelated webpages, or unsolicited software download; we donâ€™t recommend clicking on it.) Quite apart from all that, Dr. Robert Gallo has never â€œadmitted that he created AIDS in order to reduce the worldâ€™s population,â€ or made any statement remotely to that effect. This claim is entirely false and fabricated.Â