Warning of another "more deadly and widespread" mutation... Bill Gates: "Corona" is not over yet

The American billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, warned that the Corona virus pandemic is not over, saying that another “more deadly and widespread” mutant could still emerge.

"I don't want to be pessimistic," Gates said in an interview with the Financial Times, "but we are still at risk of the emergence of another mutant that is more transmissible and even more lethal."

"We have not yet seen the worst of the pandemic," he added.

The risk of a new, more virulent mutation is well over 5%.”

Gates urged world leaders to spend more to increase preparedness for health threats, stressing that long-term vaccines that prevent infection are urgently needed.

In addition, the American billionaire, who recently authored a book called How We Respond to the Next Pandemic, called for the creation of a team of international experts — from epidemiologists to computer designers — to identify potential threats and improve international coordination.

Since the outbreak of Corona, conspiracy theories about Gates have spread after republishing an interview with him in 2019. In which the billionaire predicted the emergence of a deadly virus in China’s markets, before it quickly spread to various parts of the world, which actually happened with the epidemic 

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