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Globalist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that the next pandemic is likely to be “man-made” and “much more brutal” than the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).
He issued this warning during a recent visit to Sydney, Australia-based think tank Lowy Institute. Gates told the audience that the world must listen to him and follow his instructions, lest economic carnage on a never-before-seen scale will occur. The Big Tech mogul also called for “greater global cooperation,” citing the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of how countries could improve their response if they worked together.
“Compare the economic cost of being prepared for the next one to the cost of this one – over $10 trillion economic loss,” Gates said. “With the pandemic, we were foolish not to have the tools, the practice and [the] global capacity to be on standby like we do with fire or earthquakes.”
According to the Microsoft co-founder, a stable international order based on mutual political will is needed to deal with future pandemics.
“The one thing that still hangs in the balance is will we have the global capacity and at the regional and country levels that would mean that when an infectious disease threat comes up we act in such a way that it doesn’t go global. We need to be doing every five years a comprehensive exercise at both country and regional levels of pandemic preparedness, and you need a global group that’s scoring everybody.”
Gates also praised the Land Down Under’s
“almost draconian” policies in response to the pandemic, which included
lengthy lockdowns and stringent mask mandates....<<<Read More>>>...
