Bill Gates It has been a key name in the search for the vaccine against the new coronavirus, because its foundation funds studies to find it. In a recent interview, she has revealed a new problem after the future success of the investigation.
According to statements to CNN, the magnate considers that the biggest obstacle will be ensuring that enough people in the world can be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“You will have the option to take the vaccine or not”Gates told Anderson Cooper in the middle and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. “So there is that final obstacle”.
Overall, Gates believes that “many people” will be willing to get vaccinated and that Collective immunity could be achieved if between 70% and 80% of people do.
So far, there are 140 vaccine projects under development according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite the good progress of the investigations, for the moment none has achieved a high effectiveness rate, so it has been predicted that the fastest to arrive, could be released later this year or early next.
This fact makes not all people want to try it at first. Three-quarters of Americans said they would take a coronavirus vaccine if they were assured it was safe, according to a Reuters / Ipsos survey published in May. About 40% of American adults surveyed said they would take it if the Food and Drug Administration approved it, while 38% said they would take it after extensive peer-reviewed clinical trials.
Along with his wife, Gates has donated $ 250 million in testing for disease treatments and vaccines. “We need that for everyone if we are going to come back and have people taking vacations, international students, international sporting events. So it will take a while until we are done with this globally, “ sentenced.
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