Bill Gates Says We Can Make COVID-19 the Last Pandemic TED2022
go to original April 23, 2022

Bill Gates warned that we weren’t ready for a global pandemic in a talk at TED2015. Now he’s working to make sure the world is better prepared next time around.

Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but Bill Gates believes that we have the tools and strategies to make it possible - now we just have to fund them.

In this forward-looking talk, he proposes a multi-specialty Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pandemics.

By investing in disease monitoring, research and development as well as improved health systems, Gates believes we can "create a world where everyone has a chance to live a healthy and productive life - a life free from the fear of the next COVID-19."