Gates warns that the pandemic will last longer and be more deadly if drugs and vaccines only “go to the highest bidder.”
Globally, a vaccine against the infectious virus is being searched feverishly, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in just a few months. Rich countries have more opportunities to purchase promising resources, and some prominent people fear developing countries may be left empty-handed.
Fair distribution
Billionaire Gates called on leaders a video for a virtual corona conference to make “tough decisions” on a fair distribution of life-saving resources. According to him, it should not only be decided on the basis of “market factors” who will have access later.
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Learning from AIDS
The founder of Microsoft cited the international approach to the AIDS crisis as an example. “One of the best lessons learned in the fight against HIV / AIDS is the importance of a large, fair and global distribution system to ensure that the medicines can be delivered everywhere.”
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