Gates gave a prescient TED talk in 2015 [1] in which he describes the risk of a global pandemic and the general lack of preparedness. The Gates foundation has a

Gates gave a prescient TED talk in 2015 [1] in which he describes the risk of a global pandemic and the general lack of preparedness. The Gates foundation has also been working for years to help eradicate diseases like polio and malaria [2][3]. Given his expertise in this area, it would seem worthwhile to listen to what he has to say rather than dismissing him as just a "billionaire industrialist." [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI [2]: https://fortune.com/2018/04/18/bill-gates-foundation-malaria/ https://fortune.com/2018/04/18/bill-gates-foundation-malaria... [3]: https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-letter-eradicate-four-diseases-2015-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-letter-eradicate-...