The World Health Organization currently has less than 10 full-time people on the lookout for deadly new viruses, according to Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-owner warned viewers of a 2015 TED Talk that the world was not ready for a deadly outbreak. Gates said his proposed Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization initiative should fall under the auspices of the WHO. The task force should be put together to monitor global health emergencies. He said that the epidemic response team could include computer modelers as well as epidemiologists.
Gates claimed that the WHO had less than 10 full-time people preparing for future outbreaks before the outbreak of COVID-19.
He doesn't want to be a voice of doom, but we are still at risk of generating a variant that would be even more transmissive and fatal.
Gates said that more funding was needed to prevent future Pandemics.
We are still at risk of having a variant that would be even more transmissive and fatal.
Critics argue that the WHO didn't do enough to warn the world about the dangers of COVID-19, which began causing havoc around the world at the start of 2020.
Gates spoke out in 2020 when former President Trump suggested cutting US funding for the WHO.
The WHO did not reply immediately.
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