Bill Gates, the chief executive officer of Microsoft, has warned that if the world manages to avoid conflict, the world is very likely to see another global pandemic in the next 25 years.
He made this known during an interview with CNBC’s Make It program.
“In today’s world, broad-based instability can create conditions in which an existential conflict begins.
In the event, Fox News Digital reported, there is no major war, another pandemic is expected within the next 25 years.
According to the story, after being a witness to the unreadiness for the COVID-19 pandemic, Gates joined other scientific minds who are concerned about how the globe will fair if another global health emergency strikes.
Though coronavirus origins remain debated, specialists believe one day a pathogen might spread from animals to people, thereby causing a new ailment.
The country that the world expected to lead and was the model didn’t meet that expectation, he told CNBC, referring to the United States.
In 2022, the billionaire wrote a book entitled “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”.
According to the source, the billionaire, in the book, talked of the deficiencies in preparedness to handle the impact of mass infection like enhanced quarantine methods and investment in vaccine development.
