Bill Gates says he has to 'have a sense of humor' about vaccine conspiracy theories

Bill Gates is trying to make light of some of the conspiracy theories about him.

Speaking on "The Life Scientific" on BBC Radio 4, the Microsoft cofounder addressed a viral conspiracy theory that he was behind a plan to implant trackable microchips in people during the pandemic.

"You got to have a sense of humor," Gates said about the conspiracy theories. "When people say that I want to track everyone — why do I want to track everyone?"

He said someone once confronted him in the street, yelling and making accusations: "I'm like 'wow, I really don't want to know your location.'"