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Did he do more in that effort than play the role of the big wallet?

• mbreese 7y ago
  When you spend that kind of money on an effort, you don't just write a check and forget about it. He's been known to be very hands on in his global healthcare efforts.
  • catalogia 7y ago
    It's not like he's been to medical school, or has he? So far all I've seen, including your comment, boils down to "Trust him, he's rich."
    • mbreese 7y ago
      It's not "he's rich". It's that he has been actively engaged with all the research programs that he's funded. Global health philanthropy has been his primary job for over a decade. When you're working with experts in the field for that long, you do learn a thing or two. Seriously, you're picking the wrong argument here. Now, if Gates had started talking about rainforest conservation efforts in South America (random topic), he'd have little authority. But on this specific topic, he does.
      • catalogia 7y ago
        Loads of people have been engaged with the programs Bill Gates has funded, including a great many doctors. Bill Gates doesn't have some unique level of experience dealing with organizations addressing these matters, and a great many people dealing with these organizations seem to have more expertise in the matter than Bill Gates. > Global health philanthropy has been his primary job for over a decade Key word there being philanthropy, e.g. he's rich. Instead of listening to the guy with the wallet, we'd be better off listening to the people who actually put Bill Gates' money to use with their actual expertise in matters other than being rich.