Bill Gates once again predicted the end of the coronavirus pandemic

Bill Gates insisted that the world will be “completely back to normal” by the end of 2022, when there is a excess vaccinations against Covid-19 available. In turn, he referred to the high rate of inoculations against the virus in wealthier countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, which contributes to release the dose to share with other nations.

When broadcasting Sophy Ridge on Sunday per Sky News, the mogul clarified that while he did not expect the coronavirus to be wiped out by next year, he had hope the number of cases can be reduced to “very small numbers” by the end of 2022.

True to style anticipatory, the philanthropist insisted on the importance of prepare for future pandemics, something you have considered “An absolute priority”. Although he warned of the possibility of the company forgetting what it had been through over the past year, as happened with the Ebola outbreak, he admitted that he believed that “this generation will remember” because of a devastating global economic and human cost.

When asked if he was still convinced the world would “be completely back to normal” by the end of 2022, as he had planned a few months ago, Gates insisted: “Yes I am”.

On this point, the billionaire explained: “There are still questions about the extent of the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. If this is accepted, it would be very beneficial. Some of the rich countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, will soon reach high levels of immunization this summer, which will release vaccines so that the vaccines can be distributed around the world by the end of 2021 and until the end of 2021. ‘in 2022. Therefore, We will not have eradicated this disease, but we will be able to reduce it to a very small number by the end of 2022″.

For Gates, the fact that rich countries have prioritized vaccines “is not entirely surprising.” He even assured that “it was good to vaccinate the elderly in rich countries, which has in fact experienced a pandemic worse than most developing countries ”.

Although he considered that It is not “fair” that people in their thirties are vaccinated in rich countries, While 60 people from Brazil or South Africa have not yet received their vaccine, he stressed that within three or four months, “the allocation of vaccines will reach all countries suffering from the very serious epidemic” .

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