Early in the pandemic, I had been furiously writing articles about lockdowns. My phone rang with a call from a man named Dr. Rajeev Venkayya. He is the head of a vaccine company but introduced himself as former head of pandemic policy for the Gates Foundation.

How Fanatics Took Over the World

Related:

The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea

Interestingly, Dr. Rajeev Venkayya is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Takeda Pharmaceuticals is a partner to the World Economic Forum, as well. Dr. Venkayya has his own profile on their website. Wikipedia deleted his entry in late 2018.