MEDIA LOSER: Candace Owens Candace Owens has once again suggested that Bill Gates is at the helm of a conspiracy. This particular theory, which Owens touted on Thursday's edition of The Candace Owens Podcast, claims that Gates is causing meat allergies with manipulated mosquitoes. Owens began the segment by referencing an Evie magazine article that connected Gates, who has invested in several 'synthetic meat'start-ups, to medical research with modified mosquitos. Yes, In 2004, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began funding the World Mosquito Program's Wolbachia project. Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria, is used in research to help reduce mosquitoes' ability to transmit life-threatening viruses, such as the Zika virus. Sounds pretty good, right? Not if Candace Owens has anything to say about it. Challenging the mainstream media's narrative that Gates is a “good guy," Owens alleged that he could use the research to engineer mosquitoes that would make people consume artificial meat. The Daily Wire host later scoffed at the notion that the theory "sounds crazy." "Why would Bill Gates, who is the largest farmland owner in the United States and has been trying to impress upon us that we should not eat real meat and also have to operate a bunch of mosquitoes that are carrying around bacteria," she asked sarcastically, adding, "That’s gotta be a conspiracy theory." While Owens is certain Gates is spending his funds to create more vegans, researchers backed by his foundation have instead recently engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their guts. |