The COVID-19 vaccine will use microchip surveillance technology created by Bill Gates-funded research.

There is no vaccination, COVID-19 or otherwise, that includes a microchip or other kind of monitoring. Researchers at MIT, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, released a study in December 2019 describing technology they created that can preserve a vaccination record on a patient's skin with an ink-like injection that can be read by a smartphone. According to Kevin McHugh, a Rice University bioengineering professor who worked on the project while at MIT, the device cannot follow patients' movements. According to the Gates Foundation, the research is unconnected to COVID-19.

Although Gates has stated that "digital certificates" may be used as part of a bigger immunization program, there is no indication that he or his charity has developed technology to track COVID vaccine users. The Gates Foundation informed Reuters that "the allusion to 'digital certificates' alludes to attempts to develop an open source digital platform with the purpose of broadening access to safe, home-based testing". During an interview with CBS News on July 22, 2020, Gates refuted the allegations. "There's no relationship between any of these immunizations and any tracking kind stuff at all. "I'm not sure where that came from", he said.