October 24, (THEWILL) – Billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates, must stand trial in the Netherlands for allegedly misleading the public about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, a Dutch court said in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, in a suit filed by seven plaintiffs who claimed to have suffered injuries from COVID vaccines.
The plaintiffs claimed that Gates, along with former Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, and members of the Dutch government’s COVID-19 “Outbreak Management Team”, misled the public about vaccine safety.
A report by Dutch Newspaper, De Telegraaf, said the plaintiffs filed the lawsuit last year, naming Gates, who is one of the “experts” who made several claims about the COVID experimental vaccines.
The plaintiffs argued that Gates, through his involvement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Economic Forum (WEF), was involved in a far-reaching agenda referred to as “The Great Reset Project”, which sought to exploit the global crisis in order to implement sweeping societal changes, all under the guise of combatting the pandemic.
According to the lawsuit, the agenda included pushing vaccines that were known to be unsafe.
The plaintiffs also claimed they were deceived into taking the dangerous injections, and the consequences have been devastating. Physical and mental injuries have allegedly plagued them since receiving the vaccine.
In 2020, Bill Gates cautioned that creating a COVID-19 vaccine is just part of the challenge through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“We aren’t sure which vaccines will be the most effective yet, and each requires unique technology to make. That means nations need to invest in many different kinds of manufacturing facilities now, knowing that some will never be used. Otherwise, we’ll waste months after the lab develops an immunisation, waiting for the right manufacturer to scale up”, Bill Gates had said in his article in 2020.
The plaintiffs claimed that Gates made false statements about the vaccines, including that they would stop transmission, prevent illness, and eliminate the need for masks.
One of the seven plaintiffs has reportedly died since the initial filing, leaving six others to carry on the fight against Gates and others.
The court had ordered Gates to pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees of €1,406.00 ($1,518.44) within 14 days or face additional penalties.
A new hearing is set for November 27, 2024.
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