Coronavirus: Bill Gates predicted when …

The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, who made different predictions on coronavirus, He predicted this Thursday that the United States will be able to return to a “normal life” in spring 2021. However, he clarified that “the next four or five months will be quite dark”.

The businessman explained that “with promising vaccines and therapeutic treatments on the horizon”, this scenario will be achieved. In this regard, he noted that “advances such as monoclonal antibody treatments (which work by mimicking the immune system’s ability to fight viruses) and the launch of ‘amazing vaccines’ will also help.”

The vaccines are about to be approved. Drug makers Pfizer and Moderna have applied for emergency use authorization for covid vaccines from the Food and Drug Administration. And the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use. emergency use in the UK on Wednesday and is expected to launch next week, ”he added.

Faced with this scenario, Gates considered that “In the spring, those numbers will be big enough that, certainly in the United States, things will start to change dramatically.”

On the other hand, he stressed the importance of closely monitoring people’s behavior and indicated that it is time to adhere to relevant protocols, such as seeing less people or wearing a mask whenever necessary. In this sense, he warned that “The next four or five months seem pretty bleak, unless we can really step up our behavior.”

The founder of Microsoft has already predicted and encountered various problems related to the current pandemic. Five years ago, at a TED talk, he warned of the existence of a virus that could cause many complications around the world.

American figures

The United States is the country most affected by the coronavirus in absolute terms, with 14,774,167 infected cases, 285,656 deaths and 8,663,603 cases cured, according to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO).

“Our country is in the midst of a dramatic increase in covid-19 cases. Wear a mask, maintain social distance and limit the size of any group. It is our patriotic duty as Americans,” he posted on his Twitter account to President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

The Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, reported this week that the state expects sufficient doses on Dec.15 to vaccinate 170,000 people, while the doctor Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said that by April, healthy young people with no underlying conditions will be able to “go to a CVS or Walgreens and get vaccinated.”

For his part, Lieutenant General Paul Ostrowski (Retired), director of production and supply distribution for Operation Warp Speed, said anyone who wants to get vaccinated should be able to do so in June.

On this point, Gates added that he “is optimistic” that people who may be ambivalent about taking the coronavirus vaccine will be encouraged by “more data saying that a lot of people have a good experience and that it helps them. do not die”.