> It mostly says that it'll take a ton of investment and immediate action because COVID-19 will become a pandemic. That all seems correct in hindsight. None of

> It mostly says that it'll take a ton of investment and immediate action because COVID-19 will become a pandemic. That all seems correct in hindsight. None of what Gates' recommended in his article from a month ago would have made an impact on things now. He didn't criticize the way governments in the West were handling the outbreaks in their countries, or suggest that we start locking things down. More investment in vaccines is great, but that's something that wont have an impact anytime soon. Gates' newest piece says that the U.S. missed the opportunity to get ahead of the virus, but he didn't suggest a different course when things were actually unfolding. As for masks, there's a lot of evidence that they might be vital to the effort to slow the spread of this[1], and our inability to act on this is yet another example of our poor response. [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLrm0pqBN_5bdyysOeoOBX4pt4oFDBhsC_jpblXpNtQ/preview# https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLrm0pqBN_5bdyysOeoOBX4p...