Bill Gates said he warned Trump about the dangers of a pandemic in December 2016 before he took office
In December 2016, Bill Gates warned President Donald Trump about the threat posed to the US by pandemics,During a meeting at Trump Tower with the then president-elect, Gates discussed the dangers of infectious diseases and urged Trump to prioritize the country's preparedness efforts — advice he personally gave to other 2016 presidential candidates as well, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Gates' pitch for more public-health investment wasn't a new one by that point, either. In a 2015 TED Talk, Gates said viruses pose the"If anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it's most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. Not missiles, but microbes," Gates said in the talk, adding that countries have spent massive amounts of money on avoiding nuclear war but hardly anything on "systems to stop epidemics.
Despite his push with the public and with public officials, Gates told The Wall Street Journal: "I wish I had done more to call attention to the danger."in funding to coronavirus relief efforts.
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