American billionaire, Bill Gates has said the United States
missed the opportunity to stay ahead of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1,016,000
people and killed over 53,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US has reported more than 245,500 cases, with over 6,000
deaths. Top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called for a
federally mandated stay-at-home order.
However, Gates, on his twitter handle said all the work that
rich countries were doing now to develop vaccines would save lives in
developing countries too.
“Without a vaccine, those countries are at even greater risk
than wealthy ones, because it’s even harder for them to do physical distancing
and shutdowns.
“If everything goes well, there might be an effective vaccine
in less than 18 months—the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. That will
depend on decisions we make today, including the federal government investing
in building up manufacturing capacity.
“There’s no question the United States missed the opportunity
to get ahead of the novel #coronavirus. But the window for making important
decisions hasn’t closed. The choices we and our leaders make now will have an
enormous impact,” he said.
Gates said in the meantime, frontline health care workers
were making heroic efforts to test and treat patients across the United States
and the world.
“Here in my hometown, Public Health Seattle & King
County is doing incredible work that we should all be very proud of.
“If we make the right decisions now—informed by science,
data and the experience of medical professionals—we can save lives and get the
country back to work,” he said,
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