刷屏的“比尔盖茨疫情期忠告信”，是假冒的

【加拿大乐活网lahoo.ca 编译】刷爆社交圈的“比尔盖茨疫情期忠告信”今天证明是假的。始作俑者是英国太阳报。盖兹基金会公开澄清说：这封所谓的比尔·盖茨公开信来自英国《太阳报》网站发布的一篇文章，是虚假消息，盖茨并未发布这种公开信，《太阳报》网站也已删除。

今天，英国独立报（Independant)报道了这则假冒伪造信的出笼：

Coronavirus: Fake Bill Gates ‘letter’ shared as Covid-19 misinformation circulates online

A fake letter purporting to share Bill Gates’ thoughts on the coronavirus crisis has been widely shared on the internet, prompting concerns about the spread of fake news surrounding the pandemic.  The bogus message entitled “What is the Corona/Covid-19 Really Teaching us?” is believed to have begun circulating via email and WhatsApp groups on Monday, and was also shared on social media. The “open letter” claimed to show the Microsoft founder believes there is “a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens” – including the disease. It describes the virus as “the great corrector … sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten”. A number of celebrities shared the post, including Naomi Campbell, and The Sun newspaper ran a story about it.

Once it became clear it was a spoof, The Sun removed the story and apologised for the incident.  A spokesperson for The Sun said: “In the heat of events yesterday, The Sun online mistakenly published a spoof story which was doing the rounds on email. The story has now been removed. Every day The Sun chooses not to publish hundreds of stories and we apologise for this error.

太阳报为此错误，深表歉意，已经在网站上撤销了这封假冒比尔盖茨的鸡汤信。