[News] Bill and Melinda… Gates' letter: We must prepare’ for the next, pandemic as we prepare.

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Bill Gates believes that the world must prepare for the next pandemic as it would prepare for war. In a letter published on his blog , which he signs with his wife Melinda, he writes that investments of tens of billions of dollars are needed every year and proposes the creation of a global alert system, which will immediately warn of the appearance a new dangerous virus to keep it out of control.

"We cannot afford to be caught off guard again. The threat of the next pandemic will always remain above our heads - unless the world takes action to prevent it, "wrote the billionaire philanthropist , according to Mediafax .

To avoid the ravages of Covid-19, "preparation for the next pandemic must be taken as seriously as the threat of war."

"Stopping the next pandemic will require tens of billions of dollars in investment each year, but remember that the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide is estimated at $ 28 trillion. The world needs to spend billions to save trillions and prevent millions of deaths. I think it is the best, most profitable insurance policy that the world can afford ", writes Bill Gates.

According to Bil Gates , "most of the investment must come from rich countries, because their governments have the most to gain."

In addition to the scientific investments that should make it possible to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic and others in the future (diagnoses, vaccines, treatments, etc.), Bill Gates also calls for the establishment of a "global alert system, which we do not have today. large scale ”, in order to be able to detect epidemics as soon as possible.

1. The billionaire, who has already sounded the alarm about the dangers of pandemics, especially at a famous TED conference in 2015, also supports the creation of a rapid reaction force for infectious diseases, the "pandemic firefighters" who would be in constant alert to respond to a potential health crisis. Bill Gates estimates that about 3,000 such professionals would be needed worldwide.