In this case though the bugs in question were part of a (small) swarm of mosquitos, part of Gates' talk about the problem of malaria in third world countries.
Malaria is one of the high priority causes backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with Gates recently pointing out that current half-assed efforts to reduce the occurrence of Malaria are doomed to failure. In Bill's view only a concerted and broad-ranging effort to eliminate Malaria has any chance of success.
None of the mosquitos released into the TED crowd carried Malaria by the way, but I'm sure that the audience had a few heart-stopping moments nonetheless.
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