BBC Didn't Mention Microchips Being Used in Vaccines
The Claim
The BBC published a travel piece stating that there will be microchips in the future vaccines funded by the Bill Gates so they can track who has been vaccinated for coronavirus.
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Emerging story
In late July 2020, a social media user posted a BBC article claiming that the article says there will be microchips in COVID-19 vaccines funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation so people who are vaccinated can be tracked.The post shared by hundreds also claimed that the article also claimed that microchips will be initially trailed in measles vaccines. Laura Jayne added screenshots from the BBC Travel page article with her post.
Social media users also created memes.
Others shared the post and added their own comments.
Misbar’s Analysis
The claims circulating are false, the BBC’s article is a theoretical piece on how travel might look in the coming years after COVID-19. The article didn’t mention anything about microchips that can track vaccinated people.
The article mentioned the “subdermal record” of the vaccine mentioned in the piece is a tattoo or dye invisible to the eye, but readable by a scanner.
This is a technology that is currently being developed to administer the MMR vaccine. Researchers have shown a dye that could be administrated along with a vaccine using a microneedle patch. The dye hasn’t been tested on people yet. The article suggests how travel might change in the future, it also mentioned that paper vaccine passport could be a possibility.
Misbar found a press statement by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announcing that they contributed in funding to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $300m to combat COVID-19, has been facing a lot of false claims. This is not the first time Misbar investigates a conspiracy theory being spread online related to Gates.
Bill Gates isn’t developing COVID-19 microchips, won't track citizens with microchips, or track people who have been vaccinated for coronavirus.
