In an interview with Jeremy Hunt on November 7 2021, Bill Gates comments about his post-2015 pandemic preparedness “prophecies” that weren’t heeded with Ebola, but COVID-19 pandemic allowed for R&D budgets to focus on things we didn’t have. [1, 2]
He recounts what wasn’t achieved in this COVID-19 pandemic:
“we didn’t have vaccines that blocked transmission…we need a new way of doing the vaccines”…”we didn’t get much by way of therapeutics”…”we didn’t get the diagnostics up and running in order to achieve, well at least Australia and New Zealand [both island continents] showed that competent management could keep the death rate down pretty dramatically”.
It will take tens of billions in R&D“
He also plants the seed to remind us about the threat of bio-terrorism such as smallpox being brought into airports.
He continues setting the stage for the next pandemic preparedness: having the WHO “global pandemic taskforce”, all in preparation for the next pandemic!
“Making vaccines cheap [mRNA platform], building big factories, eradicating the flu, getting rid of the common cold, making vaccines jut a little patch you put on your arm, things that will be incredibly beneficial even in years when we don’t have pandemics“
Remember for every $1 Gates “donates” to public health, he is returned $20 in his own pocket!
Philanthropy is a business model: use your Foundations to donate and fund NGO’s which you are on the board of, direct research funding where you choose, and at the same time get your personal Trusts to invest in the companies that will benefit from your philanthropic endeavours….and make sure you sponsor media projects so they report good things about you! Of course none of that happens!