Founder Microsoft and co-chairman of the charity Bill Gates spoke about the inevitability of a new pandemic. This is reported in his a podcast on the impact of COVID-19.
Discussing with the actress Rashida Jones and the chief US infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauchi coronavirus, the billionaire said that mankind will not be able to avoid a new pandemic. According to Gates’ forecast, it could start in three years, and in the best case scenario, in 20 years.
However, in any case, according to the founder of Microsoft, next time humanity will be much better prepared for a pandemic – systems for testing potential carriers of infection and mechanisms for introducing quarantine will be developed.
Earlier, Bill Gates promised bad news about the coronavirus in the next six months. “In winter, when it is colder, the virus multiplies faster, because we spend more time indoors, so it’s not very good. And there’s a certain amount of fatigue: some of the things people have to do, like staying away from friends, are harder to do.” , – said Gates.