Bill Gates: Corona is almost over... but there is another pandemic coming!

The founder of "Microsoft", Bill Gates, said that the risk of infection with the Corona virus has become significantly low, suggesting the possibility of the emergence of a new dangerous epidemic in the future.

Gates added, Friday, in press statements during the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, that "a new epidemic is likely to arise from a pathogen that is different from the family of the Corona virus." 

He noted that progress in medical technology should help the world do a better job to combat it, stressing the need to invest from now and prepare to confront it: "We will have another pandemic, and that will be a different pathogen next time."

Two years after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, Gates said that the worst effects have faded as large numbers of the world's population acquire a certain level of immunity.

The severity of the virus also diminished with the latest 'Omicron' variant.

Gates pointed out that the virus contributed to people gaining immunity in a faster way than vaccines.

He said, "The chance of developing serious diseases, which are mainly associated with the elderly and people with obesity or diabetes, is now significantly reduced, due to exposure to infection."

He stressed that it is already too late to reach the WHO's goal of vaccinating 70% of the world's population by mid-2022. Currently, 61.9% of the world's population has received at least one dose of the Corona vaccine.

He added that the world must move faster in the future to develop and distribute vaccines, calling on governments to invest in it now.

“Next time we should try to make it instead of two years, six months,” Gates said, adding that standardized platforms, including messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, will make that possible.

He stressed that "the cost of preparing for the next pandemic is not great. It is not the same as climate change. If we are rational, yes, next time we will catch up early."

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