Founder Microsoft Bill Gates warned that the world could face another threat beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. He wrote this in his twitter -AktTer.
“COVID-19 will not be the last threat of a pandemic with which the world will face. I talked with the Grand Challenges community about the ambitious program of innovation that we need to put an end to this crisis and be ready to respond to the next” – predicke Gates .
Earlier, Gates reported that new pandemics can threaten the world in the future not only for natural reasons, but also because of the maliciously-bioterrorists. The billionaire believes that humanity to combat diseases should be invested in technological development: to make the development and production of vaccines significantly cheaper and increase the number of factories that produce them.
In September, Exscientia startup signed a four-year contract with the Bill and Melinda Foundation, the cost of which can reach $ 70 million. It is planned that part of the funds received will go to the creation of new antiviral tablets for the treatment of COVID-19 and prevent pandemics in the future.