Microsoft founder, Bill Gateswarned this Friday that the world is likely to face “another pandemic”for which he warned of the importance of combating it at a national level.
“we will have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time“, pointed out the philanthropist in dialogue with the CNBC at the annual Security Conference in Munich, Germany, noting that to prevent it from being a global infection a national response is necessary that allows “early detection”and not when it is out of control in various countries.
In this line, he highlighted the work he has done in Australia once morest Covid-19, ensuring that if all nations had chosen that form of combat, today “they wouldn’t be calling it a pandemic“.
Finally, regarding the danger of contagion from Covid-19, the Microsoft co-founder warned that “the chance of contracting a severe infection, which is mainly associated with being older, having obesity or diabetes, is a risk that has been dramatically reduced by exposure to that infection“.
Gates, who has become a prominent figure in the fight once morest Covid-19, participated this Friday in the Security Conference, in which he debated with various international authorities regarding the routes out of the pandemic.
