Speaking at the Forbes400 Summit on Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates discussed plans to make sure that Covid-19 treatments and vaccines don’t just go to the highest bidding nations but are distributed equitably
Speaking at the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy, the couple discuss plans to make sure that Covid-19 treatments and vaccines don’t just go to the highest bidding nations but are distributed equitably. s the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the globe, Bill and Melinda Gates have been on the forefront of coordinating the search for effective prevention and treatment of the disease. The couple, who has spent years fighting against infectious diseases like polio, is critical of the U.S.
“One of the reasons we are so involved in this is that you don’t want the first vaccines to go to the highest bidding countries,” Melinda Gates explained. “There are 60 million healthcare workers [around the world]. They deserve to get the vaccine first, they’re the ones dealing with this on the frontlines trying to keep us all safe. And then you have to start to tier from there, based on the countries and the populations.
Melinda Gates revealed that when Ebola broke out in East Africa and made its way to Lagos, Nigeria — one of the most populous cities in the world — the WHO converted its polio resources to fight the new threat. Polio clinics became emergency response clinics that did contact tracing and quarantining, which prevented the virus from spreading to the U.S. “The world got lucky on Ebola,” said Melinda, who reminded the audience that diseases like measles were more infectious than coronavirus.
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