Bill Gates warned of the threat of another pandemic during his visit to Australia, which could be more destructive and man-made than Covid, Daily Mail reported.
On Monday, Microsoft founder Bill Gates met with Dr. Lowy Institute Executive Director. In an in-depth interview with Michael Fullilove, he discusses global health, pandemic preparedness, food security and ‘climate change’.
Gates urged world leaders to put aside their differences and work together to prepare for the next pandemic.
While Gates claimed that no country had done the right thing in response to the Covid pandemic, he praised Australia and seven other countries that “had early population-based diagnoses and quarantine policies”.
“So no one, I’d say, gets an A on this one. Sadly, epidemics come so infrequently that it’s easy to be incompetent.
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“You know, earthquakes, fires, they happen more often, storms. And so governments, you know, they’re pretty good on fire. You know, there hasn’t been a 5000-death fire in the world in a long time. Epidemics, hopefully, this will make them take them seriously for at least the next 20 or 30 years,” he said.
“With a pandemic, we would be foolish not to have the equipment, practice and global capacity to be on standby, just like with fires or earthquakes.”
“So we need to do a really comprehensive exercise, every five years, at the country and regional level of pandemic preparedness,” Gates said. “And you need a global group that scores everyone. And says, hey, if you don’t participate in this, you could be the source of the next pandemic. And it’s bad for the whole world. It’s like a global fire.”
During the discussion, Bill Gates praised human innovation.
“The amount of IQ being educated in the world, the quality of the tools we have to drive forward, or the innovation, whether it’s in health or energy or education, those are amazing things.”
Gates warns that it can be exploited by those who want to destroy the world, suggesting that trouble comes from good minds.
“Some of the tools of biology can actually be used to a BioterroristGates said.
“Danger comes from two sources. One is nature, usually animal diseases, zoonoses, which infect humans, in this case, a bat virus. It is one of four large families of viruses whose receptors we know can change, attach to the human lung, and cause human respiratory disease. And that’s the main thing to worry about with respiratory disease, because you spread it so fast from person to person.
Gates stressed that countries should have standby equipment, both antiviral and vaccine, to fight infections.
“So there’s a category with measles, a category with flu, a category with coronavirus and a fourth category, all of which we have to have standby equipment, antivirals and vaccines to deal with. It is very possible. So on the equipment front, we can be more prepared,” Gates said.
Gates called for surveillance to track and monitor people.
“So the big scary thing is how quickly things can go global. And that’s why you need both drainage and air surveillance at all airports. So is there something common that’s spreading that you can see quickly? And the tools are available for that.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.27 billion to “advance the global goals” during United Nations General Assembly week, with $200 million going toward the development of an aggressive global digital ID system.
“We see great progress when governments, the private sector and local communities collaborate on global health programs,” said Co-Chairman Bill Gates. “This week’s commitment to fight preventable diseases and save millions of lives through global funding replenishment is a great step back on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.”
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair also advocated the development of a “national digital infrastructure” to facilitate the distribution of new vaccines and to determine who has been vaccinated or not for future pandemics at the WEF summit in Davos. , Switzerland.
During the conversation, Gates expressed concern that a politically weakened Biden administration could have global consequences.
“The US is politically weaker today, I would say, than ever before, and that’s scary for the world. The current world system is designed around US leadership. And as other countries get richer, these middle-income countries, including China and India, need to play a stronger role in world governance. And how can the US change the unique role we’ve had?” Sow and it all works, especially given our political polarization. There’s a lot to worry about.”
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