Headline is: > Gates Foundation launches $12M Grand Challenge for universal flu vaccine Story 16 years ago on The Register (an agency undeniably prone to hype

Headline is: > Gates Foundation launches $12M Grand Challenge for universal flu vaccine Story 16 years ago on The Register (an agency undeniably prone to hyperbole & sarcasm, but also fiercely committed to truth in reporting): > Gates gives $100 million to fight HIV, $421 million to fight Linux [1] Right now the Gates Foundation is sitting on around 38,000 million (USD) The foundation has some non-trivial criticisms [2] Whenever anything about Bill's activities comes up in the modern era there's several demographics that appear - people wary of lionising people whose wealth was obtained at best unethically (at worst, illegally) - through to ends-justifies-the-means types. Some commonly understood context around why different groups have vastly different takes on these announcements would be good for everyone involved. [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/13/gates_gives_100m_to_fight/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/13/gates_gives_100m_to... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundat... EDIT: For any astroturfers keen to discourage comparative analysis, I'm happy to engage in an actual discussion around this. I appreciate it's a complex subject full of subtle nuances.