Bill Gates: This heroic supergroup are the 'real-life Avengers' via CNBCMakeIt
As director of the RST, Daniel Bausch's role is to guide his team in responding to infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.The plan for Bill and Melinda Gates' $1.7 billion investment in America's public education system2. The Tactician
Katie Carmichael runs operations and deployment for the RST. "We've been deployed to cholera in various places, plagues in Madagascar, Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lassa fever in Nigeria and diphtheria outbreaks in Bangladesh," she says.As the RST's epidemiologist, Oliver Le Polain studies human interactions relevant to the transmissions of infectious diseases.
"It's hard for me to overstate how brave people who willingly put themselves at the frontlines of where the outbreaks are, especially when you're up against an enemy you haven't seen before," says Gates. Don't get me wrong, it's hard to resist the appeal of silver screen superheroes, but it helps to be reminded of the real-life defenders of the world — living or dead.
As Gates and his wife Melinda said in their 2019 annual letter of the events and acts of heroism that surprised them most: "Some worry us. Others inspire us. All of them are prodding us to action. We hope they do the same for you, because that's how the world gets better."
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