Did Bill Gates' Ted Talk in 2015 predict the dangers of Coronavirus pandemic?
Bill
Gates, the second richest man in the world, predicted the outbreak of
an epidemic similar to Coronavirus in 2015, warning the world about its
dangers. It all happened when the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation
participated in the 2015 Ted Talk to talk about 'The next outbreak'
We're not ready'. This is where Mr Gates revealed the facts about his
fears related to another outbreak of an epidemic in the world.
What did Bill Gates speak about the outbreak of an epidemic and why did he think the world was not ready'
Bill
Gates started his Ted Talk by bringing up the fears of a nuclear war at
that he faced at the time of his youth. However, later he said that the
greatest threat that mankind might face in the future is not nuclear
war but an outbreak of an epidemic. According to Gates, "If anything
kills 10 million people in the next few decades, is most likely to be a
highly infectious virus rather than a war, not missiles but microbes."
The predictions so far have been true in the form of Coronavirus
pandemic for which the world is still striving to fight.
Bill
Gates also shared his concerns by saying that the world was spending
money over nuclear deterrents and less money is spent on building
systems that can stop an epidemic. "We are not ready for the next
epidemic," said Gates in 2015. The Microsoft Co-founder mentioned the
details about Ebola and stated that "the problem was not that system did
not work well enough but the problem was we did not have any system at
all."
In the Ted Talk titled 'The next outbreak' We're not
ready', Bill Gates said that the systems placed by the world are slower
than expected, which has cost many lives. He raised the concerns that
the WHO funds the epidemiologists to monitor such problems but not for
permitting the actual fieldwork.
Bill Gates predicted that the
next outbreak would be more devastating than Ebola. He said that "The
failure to prepare could allow the next epidemic to be dramatically more
devastating than Ebola." Gates cited the fact that Ebola did not reach
many urban cities or else the results would have been greater. "Next
time we might not be so lucky," says the second richest man. His words
have somehow predicted the Coronavirus epidemic's dangers.
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