A Jan. 25 Facebook video (direct link, archived link) shows Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, speaking onstage at a World Economic Forum conference.
"We're in the timeline right now where we're seeing the first generation of mutated human DNA where it’s going to be leading to that timeline of humans evolving and mutating into becoming the greys, OK?" says the audio.
The video, taken from TikTok, was shared 100 times within two weeks. Another version of the video was viewed 11,000 times on TikTok.
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The audio track of the video has been altered. The original video shows Lagarde discussing economic policy and climate change. She does not mention gene therapy.
The clip was taken from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland in January. Lagarde’s remarks can be found in a video on the organization’s website titled "Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era?"
Lagarde speaks three times during the conversation. Once at the 23-minute mark, a second time at the 51-minute mark and again at the 55-minute mark. She does not mention genetics or gene therapy.
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