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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Gates: We will have a C19 vaccine, but the disease will return if there's a 'leadership vacuum'
When you hear Bill Gates talk about the US coronavirus response, his words don't carry the billionaire philanthropist's erstwhile optimistic tone.
"This pandemic is a huge setback," he told Insider.
This is precisely the kind of setback he's been warning of for years, saying we need to prepare for pandemics in the same serious way we prepare for wars.
"It could have been not nearly as bad, with a very modest amount of money," he said.
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Bill Gates: We will have a C19 vaccine, but the disease will return if there's a 'leadership vacuum' (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jul 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Well our leadership sucks, so yeah, it's a vacuum
lpbk2713
(42,775 posts)2. 'Leadership Vacuum' --- Is that another way of saying Trump sucks?
EarlG
(21,998 posts)4. Now in stores...
Initech
(100,150 posts)6. There will never be anything like it, believe me! It'll be huge!
lpbk2713
(42,775 posts)7. I hope you don't mind if I borrow that from time to time.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)3. Is anybody in Silicon Valley listening?
I wonder.
Initech
(100,150 posts)5. This is why elections are important!!!
Don't want another COVID? Don't vote for an incompetent asshole who has no government experience!