Fortune Magazine | Bill Gates Says the World Has 2 Options: A ‘Major War’ or Another Pandemic in Less Than 30 years @fortune | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 seconds ago.
While billionaire Bill Gates is determinedly optimistic about the likes of AI and eradicating deadly diseases like polio, he remains concerned about either a widespread war or another pandemic. He cited “a lot of unrest” in the world at the moment, which could spark “a major war.” But even if that conflict is avoided, “then yes, there will be another pandemic, most likely in the next 25 years,” Gates told CNBC Make It.

Original reporting by Eleanor Pringle

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