Billionaire Bill Gates said that humanity could face pandemics much worse than the one caused by the coronavirus. According to the Financial Times newspaper, the founder of Microsoft called on world governments to allocate billions to fight the next global outbreak.

"The philanthropist said that while the omicron and delta strains of the coronavirus are among the most transmissible viruses ever seen, the world might have to face a pathogen that causes much higher levels of death or severe illness," - writes the publication.

The billionaire also noted that today the world has "strange" priorities, and the solution to the problem of inequality in the field of vaccines is entrusted to philanthropists and governments of rich countries. Most of the innovations to prepare for a future pandemic can be used to address current global health challenges, he said. We are talking, for example, about HIV and the creation of a vaccine against it, the development of more effective vaccinations against tuberculosis, malaria, and so on.

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