I have followed Gates for several decades, but I noticed a change in his speech pattern about a year ago. I wondered if he had had a mild stroke. Something was off. It was an interview about covid and he was saying some pretty weird things, and then I thought "who gives a rat's ass what this fool, idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod; informal dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, nitwit, goon, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumbbell, loon, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, peabrain, birdbrain, zombie, nerd, dipstick, donkey has to say?"