“We are not at all”

Bill Gates has more than A decade warningOn the real risk of a global pandemic, it is noted on humanity, and that the lack of preparation for it will be extended with millions of lives. Unfortunately, He succeeded in his forecast in 2020.

The millionaire has granted a interview to The Wall Street Journal on the occasion of the presentation of His next book “Source Code”. In it, Bill Gates has affirmed that the risk of suffering a new epidemic in the next four years is high, and that the recent Covid-19 Pandemia has not served to be better prepared to face it: “We are not at all” .

It’s something that steals sleep

According to Microsoft’s founder, the Risk of a new pandemic It is something that takes away the dream because humanity has not adopted the necessary tools To face it.

“The probability of occurring a natural pandemic In the next four years it is between 10 and 15%, “said Gates. In fact, the percentage probabilities offered may even be optimistic. Risk model Airfinity presented in mid -2023 throws a 27.5% probability of another pandemic of the magnitude of the 2020 in the next ten years.

The Millionaire coincided with this study in his diagnosis: “And it would be good to think that we are actually more prepared for it than the last time, but so far it is not so.” When asked about this lack of preparation Gates did not hesitate to highlight that lack of preparation. “We are not at all,” he added.

We have not learned anything

According to Bill Gates, the Covid-19 Pandemia was an excellent opportunity to share tools and Strategies to stop and prevent diseasereducing the chances of repeating itself in the future.

Instead, the millionaire believes that We have not learned anything From the experience lived in 2020. “Instead of having a consensus on what tools are missing, people continue to repeat the various mistakes that were made. I would not say that we have advanced as much as one would expect after billions of dollars and millions have lost themselves and millions From lives, “Gates lamented.

This is not a new fear that carefully to the founder of Microsoft. In 2022, Gates wrote the book ‘How to prevent next pandemic‘In which he already expressed concern about the lack of planning of governments around the world, including the United States, in the management of the 2020 pandemic.

Gates has been concerned about recent ads in the trump federal funds cut with the aim of saving costs and reducing the deficit.

Although the millionaire coincides with the new president in the convenience of reducing debt, he has more doubts about the impact of cutting financing to research projects for Mortal diseases like HIV or the development of new vaccines.

“Obviously I believe in HIV medications, where the United States is keeping dozens of millions of people alive. If you eliminate them, they will die before having a cure on the way,” Bill Gates explained during his interview.

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