Many Times Bill Gate Predicted Coronavirus Epidemic, Saying That The World Isn't Ready For It Yet

Bhavna Acharya |Apr 16, 2020

Since the coronavirus outbreak, an old TED talk that Bill Gates did in 2015 has recently become viral. “ the world is not ready for the next epidemic." he said in the video.

Bill Gates said war-like preparation for a global epidemic should be underway in his TED talk 5 years ago. As highlighted in the video, the Microsoft co-founder predicted that in the next few decades, a highly infected virus would be likely to become the greatest risk for the human race.

In a recent interview, talking about the coronavirus outbreak, Bill Gates said this would require a more effective response from the governments in the future. Particularly, authorities need to come up with prompt warning systems, deep antiviral libraries, and standby diagnostics.

Bill Gates Coronavirus — Bill Gates predicted a global epidemic like this years ago

According to the billionaire, the expenditure on building a sustainable healthcare plan is insignificant compared to the current situation that we’re going through right now. There is a high possibility that in the next 20 years or so, coming along with numerous world travel will be the viruses’ spread. For that reason, governments should really prioritize preparations, conforming to people’s expectations.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue epidemic like COVID-19 turns out to have been warned about by Bill Gates for years. Since the coronavirus outbreak, an old TED talk that Bill Gates did in 2015 has recently become viral. “ the world is not ready for the next epidemic." he said in the video. Giving that what was stated in that TED talk sounds remarkably similar to the current situation, it blows people's minds.

In fact, the billionaire has spent years warning about a global epidemic that would be extremely destructive to the human race. Back in 2018, in an epidemic discussion, Gates anticipated a pandemic that would possibly strike within the next decade. According to Gates, in such an interconnected that we were living in, the chance of having a fatal disease spreading globally is getting increasingly significant.

Besides Bill Gates, there are also others that have been giving predictions about an upcoming disease. Health experts and officials like the US Intelligence Team, flu expert Robert G. Webster, Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm and many more have also been warning of a global pandemic for years. Despite having different points to make, they all consent that the world isn’t ready for it.