Bill Gates warns that while the risk of COVID-19 is decreasing, another pandemic is approaching.
Gates said in an interview with CNBC on the 18th (local time), “The risk of COVID-19 is significantly decreasing, but another pandemic will occur. and predicted
“However, as demonstrated in this corona crisis, humanity can create a vaccine within six months,” Gates predicted.
“The cost of preparing for the next pandemic is not that big,” he said. “It’s not like climate change. If the investment is made now, the world’s medical technology will advance so that it will be able to better cope with the pandemic.”
In particular, he said, “It took two years to overcome the corona pandemic. A standardized platform, including messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, will make it possible.”
Gates, who founded Microsoft, has recently turned into a vaccine evangelist and has been making the most accurate predictions about COVID-19.
Reporter Yoo-kyung Jo, Donga.com polaris27@donga.com
