As the world hopes for the eradication of the novel coronavirus after different pharmaceutical companies claim to invent vaccines against the contagion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that the next four to six months could be very crucial as the number of positive cases is expected to rise.
In the US alone, some 290,000 deaths have occurred due to novel coronavirus. The current death rate of the world stands at a grave figure of 1.6 million.
Bill gates told CNN, “Sadly, the next four to six months could be the worst of the pandemic. The IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) forecast shows over 200,000 additional deaths.”
Bill Gates emphasized the importance of wearing a mask by saying,” If we would follow the rules, in terms of wearing masks and not mixing, we could avoid a large percentage of those deaths”.
According to Gates, his foundation has been funding research projects for the vaccines and they plan to commit an additional $250 million to support more projects.
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He commented further on the importance of masks saying, “Because we can see that this will end, and you don’t want somebody you love to be the last to die of coronavirus,”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the distribution of the vaccine to US citizens before it goes to people in other countries.
Bill gates condemned this by saying, “The U.S. needs to help all of humanity”.
Furthermore, Gates also said that he would take the vaccine publicly like former US presidents including Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama to increase the confidence of the people in the vaccine.