Bill Gates Predicts about Return of Coronavirus!

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, makes a horrifying and threatening prediction about the return of coronavirus. He says that the viral outbreak is likely to happen every 20 years or so. Noticeably, Bill gates predicted 5 years ago about the outbreak of a virus. He warned that the greatest risk of global catastrophe wasn’t a war, but a highly infectious virus.

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Gates discussed the global fight against the novel coronavirus with the Financial Times via Skype on April 2. FT posted the interview and transcript online on April 8.

He said world leaders and global policymakers have “paid many trillions of dollars more than we might have had to if we’d been properly ready.”

“This is the biggest event that people will experience in their entire lives,” Gates told FT. 

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He said that in response to this outbreak, future governments will have “standby diagnostics, deep antiviral libraries, and early warning systems.”

“The cost of doing all those things well is very small compared to what we’re going through here,” he said. “And so now people realize, ‘OK, there really is a meaningful probability every 20 years or so with lots of world travel that one of these [viruses] will come along.’ And so the citizens expect the government to make it a priority.” 

He said he is confident that lessons learned from this outbreak will encourage people to better prepare for next time but says that the cost this time around is too high. 

“It shouldn’t have required a many trillions of dollars loss to get there,” he said. “The science is there. Countries will step forward.”

Why This Prediction Matters?

Well, this time the world should take this warning seriously and should make prior preparation to face such pandemic again. The 67-year-old billionaire has been warning about the risk of a pandemic disease for years, stating that a global health crisis like coronavirus could wipe out 30 million people in less than a year. 

In 2015, Gates gave a Ted Talk warning that the world was “not ready” for an impending pandemic. 

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“There’s no need to panic … but we need to get going,” he said in 2015.

In February, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $100 million last month to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The money was designated for vaccine research, frontline responders, prevention measures, and treatment efforts around the world.

Originally Posted at: Business Insider

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