{"id":15812,"date":"2020-06-26T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-gates-says-us-not-even-close-to-doing-enough-to-fight-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:13:00","slug":"bill-gates-says-us-not-even-close-to-doing-enough-to-fight-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-gates-says-us-not-even-close-to-doing-enough-to-fight-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill Gates says US \u2018not even close\u2019 to doing enough to fight COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bill Gates says US \u2018not even close\u2019 to doing enough to fight COVID-19<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 26, 2020 |<\/span> 8:13am <\/p>\n

\n Microsoft magnate Bill Gates described the national and global coronavirus pandemic picture as \u201cmore bleak\u201d than he would have expected, saying the US is \u201cnot even close\u201d to doing enough to fight the contagion, according to a report.<\/p>\n

The co-founder of the tech giant app<\/a>eared Thursday night in a coronavirus town hall on CNN, where he lamented the fact that people are still dying of the illness across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s possible to ramp up testing for a new pathogen very, very fast,\u201d he told hosts Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the network\u2019s chief medical correspondent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, a number of countries did that extremely well in this case and the technology<\/a> keeps getting better there. The US in particular hasn\u2019t had the leadership messages or coordination that you would have expected,\u201d Gates said.<\/p>\n

When he took part in a similar town hall two months ago, the death toll from COVID-19 across the US stood at 63,000 with more than one million cases recorded.<\/p>\n

Today, there are at least 2.4 million confirmed cases and more than 122,000 people have died, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

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Gates attributed the spike to a lack of testing and contact tracing, as well as the continued resistance by a large segment of the population to wearing face masks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe range of behaviors in the US right now, some people being very conservative in what they do, and some people ignoring the epidemic, is huge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people almost feel like it\u2019s a political thing which is unfortunate,\u201d Gates added. \u201cThe governor of North Dakota, a friend of mine, had to say \u2018please don\u2019t be mean to people wearing a mask\u2019 which kind of blows the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates said he remained hopeful that the US will \u201cstep up\u201d and help get the tools \u2014 particularly a vaccine \u2014 out around the globe.<\/p>\n

Gates said he has been in constant contact with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation\u2019s top infectious disease expert and member of the White House task force on the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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He added that he\u2019s aligned with Fauci on his prediction that there will be a viable vaccine by the end of 2020 or early next year.<\/p>\n

Along with his wife, Gates runs the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and pledged up to $100 million in February to help contain the outbreak around the world.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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