Activist-philanthropist Bill Gates has raised alarms with critics by suggesting that billions of dollars be invested into a global pandemic task force running “germ games” to prepare for future outbreaks or biological attacks.
Gates made his comments during a discussion with the chair of the Health Select Committee and former UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt at the COP26 summit this week.
“It’ll take probably about a billion a year for a pandemic Task Force at the [World Health Organization] level, which is doing the surveillance and actually doing what I call ‘germ games’ where you practice,” Gates said. He gave a ‘what-if’ scenario of bioterrorists releasing smallpox in multiple airports as a potential “germ game” that could be used to prepare for an attack.
ALERT: Bill Gates has warned of bioterrorist attacks and urged international authorities, including the World Health Organization, to prepare by engaging in “germ games.”More: https://t.co/Cmc3lEjYDWpic.twitter.com/ndFYTrMopV
Gates says his “global pandemic task force” must be financed sooner rather than later and should be a “priority” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The next year will be where those allocations have to get made, including this global pandemic task force,” he said, adding that both the US and UK will need to spend “tens of billions” on research and development first.
This research and development, Gates said, would include making vaccines cheaper, obtaining “big factories,” and “eradicating” common colds and the flu.
The fourth-richest man in the world has found himself embroiled in odd controversies since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with many questioning the billionaire’s motives for being so involved in vaccine distribution. Gates himself eventually felt compelled to address some of the wild claims by conspiracy theorists. He has also made headlines for predicting a global pandemic years before Covid-19.
The Microsoft founder’s new idea for a global task force worth billions running around playing “germ games” had many scratching their head. Some criticized Gates himself, while others detested the idea of giving governments more authority to prepare for another pandemic.
Gates warns of bioterrorist attacks and urges world leaders to use ‘germ games’ for the formation of a new billion-dollar WHO Pandemic Task ForceGerm Games? Pandemic Task Force?Hunger Games…https://t.co/3Lcs1H0xiF
Bill is ready to drain governments of more untold $$$Billions and send more people into early retirement as he warns of a BioTerrorist attack. This warning is reminiscent of a description he gave on the Steven Colbert show in Summer ‘20.. https://t.co/BMsCOJlzja
In a recent interview Gates said one of the things we need to do “to be ready for the next pandemic” is increase funding for “making vaccines just a little patch you put on your arm,” failing to disclose his giant $ investment in that very technology. https://t.co/Sngny7IYvL
During his discussion with Hunt, Gates also said there needs to be a “new way” to create vaccines that works to stop transmission better, something that could be developed through his expensive idea for global research and development on potential pandemics.
“You know, we didn’t have vaccines that block transmission. We got vaccines that help you with your health, but they only slightly reduced transmission,” he said. “We need a new way of doing the vaccines.”
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