The leader of the Russian Communist Party said this week that so-called "globalists" support "secret mass chip implants, which they may eventually do under the pretext of mandatory coronavirus vaccinations." He did not mention Gates by name, but in the United States, Roger Stone, a former adviser to Donald Trump, said Bill Gates and others are using the virus to "implant microchips in people so we can know 'have you been tested'". A new YouGov poll of 1,640 people shows that 28% of Americans believe Bill Gates wants to use vaccines to implant microchips in people, with that number rising to 44% among Republicans.