Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

[Higgins86]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

I mean it’s common sense in fairness. Our history is littered with events that drastically changed our population and society. You factor in the sheer number of ppl on this planet right now and how fast it’s happened it only makes sense that nature will make corrections.
I mean it’s already happening to a degree with plummeting birth rates because of the sheer strain of our population vs resources.

 

[JasperL]

The question is a matter of priorities. Some things bear mentioning because they seem relatively important among everything to be concerned about. Other things don't bear mentioning because they don't seem that way.

OK on what basis did you determine that a future pandemic is "relatively" unimportant and doesn't bear mentioning? Bill Gates is speaking about public health, so it seems rational to me for someone in that context to "mention" that we will no doubt face another pandemic, and now is the time to start learning from COVID, and planning the response to the next one.

If you disagree, tell us why.

 

[RAMOSS]

I mean it’s common sense in fairness. Our history is littered with events that drastically changed our population and society. You factor in the sheer number of ppl on this planet right now and how fast it’s happened it only makes sense that nature will make corrections.
I mean it’s already happening to a degree with plummeting birth rates because of the sheer strain of our population vs resources.

TBH, it's not the population, it's the wages. People are not having kids, because they can't afford them, and we do have access to birth control.

There is a company where the CEO decided to give a minimum of 70K to all employees. One side effect was a baby boom among the employees because they chose to have children, rather than delay it because of finances.

 

[Dans La Lune]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

Bill Gates is a garbage human being and needs to STFU. His presence in this pandemic has been to prevent the vaccine formula from being distributed to other countries, such as India -- because capitalism. He is a monster of a human.

Even Fareed Zakaria won't invite him back on his show.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

Lol, nobody will know until it shows up. Even Bill can't see the future.

 

[Monica33]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

Baal Hates has 'promised' smallpox on several occasions .

Hemorrhagic diseases , Ebola and Marburg are other possible candidates .

Now they would make life difficult though I have been working on Smallpox treatments for some time. And making cellar improvements with comforts on the assumption of 6 months isolation .

 

[Allan]

Baal Hates has 'promised' smallpox on several occasions .

Hemorrhagic diseases , Ebola and Marburg are other possible candidates .

Now they would make life difficult though I have been working on Smallpox treatments for some time. And making cellar improvements with comforts on the assumption of 6 months isolation .

I thought you were a fake psychologist. Did you change your major to fake epidemiologist?

 

[Captain Adverse]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

His statement is like saying "Water is wet," or "the Sun will be rising in the East."

As long as there are biological entities like viruses and bacteria humanity will have a chance to suffer their ill effects.

Doesn't help when we have scientists intentionally creating such things using gain of function research.

 

[XDU]

OK on what basis did you determine that a future pandemic is "relatively" unimportant and doesn't bear mentioning? Bill Gates is speaking about public health, so it seems rational to me for someone in that context to "mention" that we will no doubt face another pandemic, and now is the time to start learning from COVID, and planning the response to the next one.

If you disagree, tell us why.

If his message is that simple, then why did it warrant becoming newsworthy?

 

[Higgins86]

TBH, it's not the population, it's the wages. People are not having kids, because they can't afford them, and we do have access to birth control.

There is a company where the CEO decided to give a minimum of 70K to all employees. One side effect was a baby boom among the employees because they chose to have children, rather than delay it because of finances.

I disagree it’s happening throughout the western world and China etc.
inflatio and energy prices can all be connected quite easily to the fact our global population is at a breaking point.

 

[Monica33]

I thought you were a fake psychologist. Did you change your major to fake epidemiologist?

Think Leonardo or Sir Isaac or even a pale imitation of Miles Mathis .

But many leagues higher than you will ever aspire to .

 

[RAMOSS]

I disagree it’s happening throughout the western world and China etc.
inflation, wages and energy prices can all be connected quite easily to the fact out global population is at a breaking point.

One thing that is common between the western world and china is the exploitation of the poor population, with the development of an oligarchy. While the population is contributing to the levels of pollution, currently we do have the food resources to feed people. It's just that there is the inequity and the lack of a living wage.

Mind you, decreasing the world population wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

[Higgins86]

One thing that is common between the western world and china is the exploitation of the poor population, with the development of an oligarchy. While the population is contributing to the levels of pollution, currently we do have the food resources to feed people. It's just that there is the inequity and the lack of a living wage.

Mind you, decreasing the world population wouldn't be a bad idea.

I think ultimately we agree on this especially the wages piece. However this energy crisis we’re facing for me is a direct result of 100 years of unprecedented population growth and then the inability to change how we power our world which going back back to your point is because a minority has made a lot of money slinging fossil fuels whilst blocking advancements in renewable energy .

 

[EdwinWillers]

Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced' but another pandemic is coming

"We'll have another pandemic. It will be a different pathogen next time," Bill Gates told CNBC.

www.cnbc.com

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

I was going to say - what does billy-boy know that we don't?

The next version of Windows.

Touche sir! Touche!

 

[Lursa]

Other than being rich, what makes Gates an expert?

The amount of research that comes thru the Gates Foundation on diseases and public health. He only needs to have it summarized.

Every day, they send out foundation-wide internal emails with links to related research and newly published studies and also mainstream coverage of the same, focusing on current projects and grants. Categorized into the foundation pillars. Global Health is one of those pillars

 

[washunut]

The amount of research that comes thru the Gates Foundation on diseases and public health. He only needs to have it summarized.

Every day, they send out foundation-wide internal emails with links to related research and newly published studies and also mainstream coverage of the same, focusing on current projects and grants. Categorized into the foundation pillars. Global Health is one of those pillars

All true. That being said I am not convinced that his foundation will do a better job of expediting new vaccines anything but his guess. Great pharma companies seem to be doing the job.

 

[Court Jester]

I wonder what the next epidemic is that he's referring to.

The one during the next election cycle probably.

 

[Captain Adverse]

All true. That being said I am not convinced that his foundation will do a better job of expediting new vaccines anything but his guess. Great pharma companies seem to be doing the job.

Before you pat "Great Pharma companies" on the back for "doing the job," try to recall they are not doing this for nothing. It is almost always about the profit motive.

Hence the various "studies" they fund arguing which company's treatment is better, AND how continual protection must be maintained by periodic treatments of same.

There is no long-term profit in making a cure. The profit is in making a treatment that must be repeated to maintain health.

If they actually made "cures," they would go out of business.

 

[southwest88]

Other than being rich, what makes Gates an expert?

The Gates foundation works a lot in the area of public health, health education, disease reduction/containment, immunization, clean water, etc., both domestic & international. Gates apparently is a workaholic, & he digs into the areas the foundation funds. So for a non-professional public health career administrator, he's very well versed in the areas the foundation works in.

 

[washunut]

Before you pat "Great Pharma companies" on the back for "doing the job," try to recall they are not doing this for nothing. It is almost always about the profit motive.

Hence the various "studies" they fund arguing which company's treatment is better, AND how continual protection must be maintained by periodic treatments of same.

There is no long-term profit in making a cure. The profit is in making a treatment that must be repeated to maintain health.

If they actually made "cures," they would go out of business.

True, but not really relevant to this discussion. Gates is talking about speeding up coming up with a vaccine. Not talking about a cure.

As an example Pfizer made billions just by producing a vaccine created by another company.

 

[Acadia]

Gates should have stuck to what he was good at.

Unless Gates and his f-u money can tell us where covid came from, he can just stfu with his panic porn.

 

[OrphanSlug]

What idiot told you people the pandemic we are still dealing with is the last pandemic humanity will ever deal with?

(In other words, while perhaps not accurate on what it may be and/or when there is no reason to conclude these things will go away permanently. I find it shocking that there is all this Gates hate when all he really did was regurgitate something along the lines that water will still be wet tomorrow.)

 

[Cardinal]

Why do you think he has a specific pandemic in mind?

Or to rephrase the question, why would anyone assume that COVID is the last pandemic the world will confront?

It'll be a while though, because the universe would be a dick if it threw down another pandemic too soon after this one.

 

[Allan]

It'll be a while though, because the universe would be a dick if it threw down another pandemic too soon after this one.

Not cool to double-dare the Universe.

 

[Cardinal]

Not cool to double-dare the Universe.

Funny how when the chips are down, our superstitious sides aren't quite as latent as we'd like to think.