At the TIME100 Summit, BillGates says the world got lucky with COVID-19: 'It could have been way more fatal'
Gates warned that we should not count on similar lucky during the next global pandemic. Considering how destabilizing the COVID-19 pandemic has been, if another virus emerges with similar virulence but a much higher fatality rate—say, 5%— it could be “society ending,” Gates said.
Such a warning is especially disturbing coming from a person like Gates, who has spent more than two decades fighting humanity’s greatest threats through the. In that time, Gates has built a reputation as one of the world’s greatest optimists when it comes to the ability of science to change the world.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Care for 2m Britons with long Covid ‘woefully inadequate’, say top nursesRoyal College of Nursing highlights lack of specialist NHS clinics and disparities in care around the UK
Read more »
Care for 2m Britons with long Covid ‘woefully inadequate’, say top nursesRoyal College of Nursing highlights lack of specialist NHS clinics and disparities in care around the UK
Read more »
'Prisoners watch TV and sleep all day': Watchdog lashes out at 'post-Covid torpor'The chief inspector of prisons blasted the 'depressingly low level of activity for prisoners' who spend their time 'watching daytime television and sleeping'
Read more »
Pixie Lott and Oliver Cheshire finally marry after Covid delaysThe singer, 31, and her model partner, 34, got engaged on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral back in 2016
Read more »
Suicide-related ambulance calls rose by more than 50% during Covid, Australian study findsInterruption to mental health services and psychological distress due to pandemic may be behind rise
Read more »
School serves dinners so bad that parents are dropping off food at the gatesParents in Darlington claim they've had to drop off food for their children to prevent them from going hungry because the dinners at their school are so bad.
Read more »