Billionaire and one of the world’s biggest donors, Bill Gates, repeatedly warns people about issues such as the threat posed by climate change and cyber attacks. However, now he has revealed that the two crises that worry him the most are war and pandemic. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that the current global unrest could soon turn into a major war. After this, he said, “We may still avoid this happening, but most likely there will be another pandemic in the next 25 years.” For Bill Gates, the main question during future pandemics will be whether the world is better prepared than before for a threat like Covid-19.
Bill Gates reflected on the US response to CNBC, saying, “The country that the world expected to lead and be a model has not lived up to those expectations.” In his 2022 book “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”, Gates also criticized individual governments for their lack of preparedness to fight the pandemic in 2020.
Promote vaccine research- Gates
Gates, who was the world’s richest person, has also given some suggestions for countries around the world to deal with the epidemic. These include increasing investment in disease surveillance and vaccine research. Speaking about Covid-19, Gates commented, “Although some lessons have been learned from the coronavirus epidemic, sadly it is much less than expected. We are still not fully considering what we did well and where we fell short. Hopefully this will improve in the next five years.”
AI will create new opportunities- Bill Gates
Earlier, the Microsoft co-founder said that artificial intelligence (AI) will be transformative for people in the next five years. He said there is no need to fear new technology as it will create new opportunities. The comment comes days after International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said AI will impact 60 per cent of jobs in developing economies and 40 per cent of jobs worldwide.