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Bill Gates Warns That a Next Pandemic Could Be 10 times Worse
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Posted on 01/30/2021 8:20:16 AM PST by TigerClaws

He warned that an upcoming pandemic could be 10 times worse and that humanity is not prepared for it. He also insisted that people must learn the lesson that COVID-19 is giving us, according to a quote from the RT portal to an interview with the tycoon for a German media .

According to the billionaire, "we are not prepared for the next pandemic," in the same way he hopes that this situation will change in a couple of years and indicated the axes of opportunity such as drugs, tests, vaccines, epidemiology, and follow-up.

"This pandemic is bad, but a future pandemic could be 10 times more serious," said the magnate, who urged governments to protect their citizens against possible new diseases.

You may be interested: Bill Gates predicts what 2021 will be like, alerts us to our immediate future On the other hand, the philanthropist said that if this pandemic had developed five years ago, the world would not have had a vaccine in such a short time, while congratulating scientists for achieving such rapid progress in the development of the injection .

He also called on the rulers to avoid vaccination nationalism and to distribute the vaccine fairly.

Gates explains that "stopping the next pandemic will require spending tens of billions of dollars a year." Image: Michael Cohen | Getty Images

This is not the first time that Gates has warned of future illnesses, in an interview with the Financial Times via Skype on April 2, 2020 , the businessman said that this coronavirus pandemic was the "largest event that many people will experience in his entire life, "and he prevented that a similar viral outbreak will likely occur" every 20 years or so . "

Similarly, in a post on his foundation's blog , written in conjunction with his wife Melinda Gates, the billionaire stated that “the unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 may not be the last pandemic. We do not know when the next one will arrive, or if it will be a flu, a coronavirus or some new disease that we have never seen before. But what we do know is that we cannot allow ourselves to be caught off guard again. The threat of the next pandemic will always be over our heads, unless the world takes steps to prevent it. "

What should we do to prevent the next pandemic according to Bill Gates? "The world needs to double investments in R&D (research and development)," as well as develop entirely new capabilities that do not yet exist.

Gates explains that "stopping the next pandemic will require spending tens of billions of dollars a year" and comments that the estimate of global expenditures for the COVID-19 pandemic is approximately 28 trillion dollars.

Read: 10 lessons you have to learn from Bill Gates The co-founder of Microsoft encouraged governments to continue investing in the scientific tools that are helping us in the current crisis "even after COVID-19 is behind us."

Finally, Gates hopes that in the next few years “mega-diagnostic platforms” can be developed, which can assess up to 20% of the population each week.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billgates; gatesfoundation; gatesgenocide; lyinglimolib
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To: TigerClaws

Just shut down and destroy all the BSL-4 labs and their evil “gain of function” research. A release like this was inevitable whether it was accidental or intentional (in this case to get Trump out of office).

But that evil genie isn’t going back into the bottle, so Gates is correct.


21 posted on 01/30/2021 8:28:21 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democracy Dies With Democrats)
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To: TigerClaws

“Heil, Bill”???

(I think not!)


22 posted on 01/30/2021 8:28:37 AM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: TigerClaws

This isn’t a warning from Gates. It is a promise.


23 posted on 01/30/2021 8:29:59 AM PST by dsat4life (Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty . . . who was, who is, and is to come!! Amen!)
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To: TigerClaws

So it means you’ll only have a 99% survival rate?


24 posted on 01/30/2021 8:31:00 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: TigerClaws

I have the exact same medical degree Bill Gates has, and I disagree.


25 posted on 01/30/2021 8:31:43 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: TigerClaws

And I’m sure this guy is actively working on it.
Him and his pet Fauci.


26 posted on 01/30/2021 8:31:54 AM PST by TexasM1A
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To: TigerClaws

What an ass.


27 posted on 01/30/2021 8:32:08 AM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: cgbg

Be funny if the “vaccines” set people up to not survive the “next pandemic”.


28 posted on 01/30/2021 8:32:28 AM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: Mr. K

And how many patents does Bill or one of his foundations own on the next pandemic?


29 posted on 01/30/2021 8:32:35 AM PST by RBW in PA
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To: TigerClaws

For a guy that seems interested in depopulating the planet, he sure seems worried about our well-being.

Wasn’t his father on some board for Planned Parenthood? He was a depopulation guy too, obviously.


30 posted on 01/30/2021 8:32:39 AM PST by boycott
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To: TigerClaws
To someone who believes the planet is overpopulated and wants to drastically reduce it, this is GOOD news.

Know anybody like that, Bill?

31 posted on 01/30/2021 8:33:12 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: TigerClaws
the unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 may not be the last pandemic. We do not know when the next one will arrive, or if it will be a flu, a coronavirus or some new disease that we have never seen before. But what we do know is that we cannot allow ourselves to be caught off guard again. The threat of the next pandemic will always be over our heads, unless the world takes steps to prevent it. "

Gates (and his wife, or whoever actually wrote this screed) mixes REALITY and MAY in the same sentence.

Remember Men In Black, when Kay says "There's always an alien battle cruiser, or a Corellian death ray, or an intergalactic plague intended to wipe out life on this miserable little planet.. Well, the same sort of situation is true of life....there is ALWAYS some small chance of someing massive and bad happening...space boulders crashing into Earth, alien landings, solar flares, another Springsteen album. But mankind never lived preparing for those small probability events. You have to be AWARE of those low probability events, but you deal with the things most likely to occur.

What Gates et al want is to flip that mindset, because then WE aren't in control. Big Billy is in charge then. Sorry, not buying it.

32 posted on 01/30/2021 8:33:59 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: boycott

Why do people who want to depopulate the world never volunteer to go first, as an example?


33 posted on 01/30/2021 8:34:04 AM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: TigerClaws

...he said breathlessly with a twinkle in his eye.


34 posted on 01/30/2021 8:34:15 AM PST by Riley85
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To: TigerClaws

Bill and his Chinese friends are in the know.


35 posted on 01/30/2021 8:34:52 AM PST by brownsfan (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: metmom

My thoughts tend towards the later.


36 posted on 01/30/2021 8:36:08 AM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: Salamander

Why do people who want to depopulate the world never volunteer to go first, as an example?

Agree. They sure seem to value their lives. I guess they think their lives are more valuable than everyone else’s life.


37 posted on 01/30/2021 8:37:07 AM PST by boycott
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To: TigerClaws
Hey,Bill...stick to Windows 7 and Excel. I'll listen to whatever you have to say about them.

But until you show me medical degree your opinions regarding pandemics mean absolutely *nothing* to me...or to any reasonably intelligent person.

38 posted on 01/30/2021 8:37:14 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: TigerClaws

Bring out your dead, and old.

39 posted on 01/30/2021 8:37:35 AM PST by McGruff
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To: TigerClaws

These pandemics target high density populations.

Flyover Country is low density.

Grin.


40 posted on 01/30/2021 8:38:18 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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