Bill Gates had launched the alert. At a security conference in February 2017 in Munich, Germany, the founder of Microsoft called on international leaders to invest in research to prepare for a global pandemic.
On this subject, the second fortune of the world had alerted: “Whether they appear in nature or in the hands of a terrorist, epidemiologists say that a pathogen transmitted in the air and spreading rapidly can kill 30 million people in less than a year. “
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In the same speech, Bill Gates announced an epidemic “in the next 10 to 15 years”. “This is why we are putting ourselves in danger by ignoring the link between health security and international security,” he warned.
Pandemic could cause loss of 570 billion
Fearing also a serious and deep economic crisis, he hoped that the ruling classes anticipate a possible global pandemic by developing technologies to create vaccines as quickly as possible. “The overall cost of preparing for a pandemic is $ 3.4 million a year (about € 3.05 billion). The loss that a pandemic would cause could reach 570 billion (about 511 billion euros), “he estimated.
For two years, through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the founder of Microsoft has been sending tests for classic flu to study the spread of the virus.
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