Bill Gates warns of smallpox terror attacks and urges leaders to use ‘germ games’ to prepare

Yahoo ^ | 11-04-21 | Luke O’Reilly

[Meah]

Bill Gates has warned that governments must prepare for future pandemics and smallpox terror attacks by investing billions in research and development.

Mr Gates made the warning during a Policy Exchange interview with the chair of the Health Select Committee Jeremy Hunt.

The Microsoft founder also called for the formation of a new billion-dollar World Health Organisation Pandemic Task Force.

While the research may be expensive, he said that it could also lead to other innovations, such as eradicating flu and the common cold.

He said that countries like the US and the UK must spend “tens of billions” to fund the research.

“I’m hoping in five years, I can write a book called, ‘We ARE ready for the next pandemic’, but it’ll take tens of billions in R&D – the US and the UK will be part of that”, he said.

“It’ll take probably about a billion a year for a pandemic Task Force at the WHO level, which is doing the surveillance and actually doing what I call ‘germ games’ where you practise.”

Mr Gates suggested that the “germ-games” could include preparing for acts of bioterrorism such as smallpox attacks on airports.

“You say, OK, what if a bioterrorist brought smallpox to 10 airports? You know, how would the world respond to that? There’s naturally-caused epidemics and bioterrorism-caused epidemics that could even be way worse than what we experienced today”, he said.

“There’s naturally-caused epidemics and bioterrorism-caused epidemics that could even be way worse than what we

[attiladhun2]

But at least Hughes was patriot.

[GreatRoad]

Agreed. While Bill Gates is at it, maybe he find a fix so we can save a .csv file with a 12 digit field from auto converting into e-scentific notation. Seems so intuitive but not possible in MS Windows. Get on that Bill and be useful.

[seowulf]

Well, yeah. Smallpox was “eradicated” except for the supplies they had in deep freeze.

By the way, there have been corpses of people who died of smallpox found biried in permafrost that had active smallpox.

[skinny old man]

sukoff dweebe

[skinny old man]

sukoff dweebe

[Joe Boucher]

This Gates guy sure is a f-ing expert at every damned thing.
Why? cause he’s real rich everyone kisses his ass?
You betcha.
Dumb mookabooker in reality.

[ClarityGuy]

When Satan Gates is talking, it’s hard to tell a warning from a threat.

[metmom]

Oh crap.

Whenever they do their planning or games/scenarios, it’s what they have in the works.

But who could not see this one coming?

[metmom]

ALL Epstein's clients except one were liberal 'elites'... and the effers in the FBI have not been able to find one of 'em... And the effers haven't been able to find out who paid off the guards, who killed Epstein or who had the kind of money to put a lid on the story...

God knows and He can’t be paid off, bought, or blackmailed into cutting them a break.

They WILL face the music someday and have all eternity to regret their decisions.

[metmom]

So the covid thing is just a dress rehearsal.

For a lot of things, IMO.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

You got hiccups? You posted twice.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Routine us vaccination ended 1972, 20+ years after last US case, but prior to world eradication. Vaccine, unlike natural infection, was long known NOT to provide lifelong full protection, so periodic (I forget how often) repeats were done in endemic area or with fresh outbreaks. OLD vaccination probably helps some, but no one knows how much. I’m not sure how many were jabbed when military resumed vaccinating nor whether they still are doing that for any. But absent that native born Americans under 50 are unvaccinated.

When it was endemic it would appear in cycles, mostly affecting the smallpox naive young. Older kids and adults mostly had had it so were spared. Strong, quick, youthful immune responses spared about 70% from dying. When smallpox naive entire populations got infected the death rates were MUCH higher, up to 90%, eg. Hawaii, Easter Island, Aztecs and Incas, and presumably current US.

Before Jenner discovered ‘cowpox’ vaccination in 1796, a somewhat similar preventative was Variolation—intentional inoculation with live smallpox. Initially promoted in the colonies by Cotton Mather, who first learned of it from his wise slave, Onesimas, then later read overseas medical articles on it. He promoted it when smallpox next hit Boston in 1721, resulting in dramatically fewer than expected deaths. Boston then promoted it across the colonies. In 1775, after smallpox prevented an American capture of Quebec, Washington mandated variolation for the continental army, with approval of, amongst others, Patrick Henry. Variolation caused about one tenth the death rate of naturally acquired smallpox, about 3%. Die soon 3%, when the chances of avoiding smallpox were trivial and thus the alternative was die later 30+%, was a winning bet. The lower rate may in part have been from a low initial viral dose and from the virus being weakened by the process. But mostly the low rate resulted from starting the infection via the arm skin instead of via inhalation. The disease spread slower from there, allowing enough time for a successful immune response.

[Hiddigeigei]

I had my smallpox vaccine (based on cowpox?) in the 1930s. I wonder if it is still protecting me. I know my Covid-19 vaccination isn’t.

[Hiddigeigei]

"You want something frightening read Catlin’s article on how the smallpox destroyed the Mandans of North Dakota."
I read that after the surrender of Fort Henry during the French and Indian War, the Indians dug up British and American soldiers that had died of smallpox and took their scalps back to their villages (with disastrous consequences for their villages).

[4integrity]

“Oh, so this is his next plan? Smallpox?”

Wondering the same....scary cause he’s revered by so many. UGH.