‘World must prepare for war against a global pandemic’: Bill Gates fears a Spanish flu-like disease could wipe out 33 million people in less than a year
Gates said the risk of a pandemic meant it was reckless not to act now
He added technology will be a crucial asset in the fight against disease
The 59-year-old philanthropist compared it to preparing for war
And fears a pandemic – like Spanish flu which wiped out 50 million people in 1918 – could decimate populations in less than a year
By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON
DailyMailUK
28 May 2015
Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates has said the world must use the lessons from battling Ebola to prepare for a future ‘war’ against a global killer disease.
At a recent conference in Berlin, Mr Gates said the risk of a worldwide pandemic is so high it is reckless not to act now – and added technology will be a crucial asset in the fight against disease.
He explained: ‘We don’t know it will happen but it’s a high enough chance that one of the lessons of Ebola should be to ask ourselves: are we as ready for that as we should be?
‘A good comparison is that we prepare ourselves for war – we have planes and training and we practise.’
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