Delivered landmark TED Talk warning the world was unprepared for a pandemic
Gates gave a TED Talk titled 'The Next Outbreak? We're Not Ready,' warning that the world was dangerously underprepared for a global pandemic and that an airborne pathogen could kill tens of millions of people. He called for a permanent international response force, rapid diagnostics, and vaccine manufacturing capacity — investments that did not materialize before COVID-19 emerged in 2020. The talk was viewed hundreds of millions of times after the pandemic began, drawing both praise for his foresight and scrutiny of his influence in global health policy.
Source: https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready
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