"I would have expected them to do better," said the Microsoft co-founder, who has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to coronavirus vaccine research.
Bill Gates said that the White House “muzzled” the COVID-19 response of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he offered thoughts on vaccinations and coronavirus conspiracies in a new Wired interview released Friday.
Pandemic preparedness — a cause Gates has advocated for years — should have been a higher priority for the U.S. government, he said. Gates has been more optimistic about the speedy development of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine. The Gates Foundation pledged $1.6 billion in June to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, with $100 million specifically targeted to fund coronavirus vaccines.
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