Question

List the five keys of Bill Gates plan to deal with an epidemic!

Answer 1

The few of the key points are -

1. Rich countries must support poorer countries.

The world’s poorest countries may very well be in the most danger.It comes down to health systems: if the infrastructure is already stretched, Gates wrote, then it will likely be overwhelmed easily by any outbreak. He argues that rich countries should support countries in Africa and south Asia right away to slow the global circulation of the virus.

2. Vaccine trials must be accelerated.

Before most people had heard of coronavirus, the world’s scientists had already got to work in limiting its spread.Within two weeks of the first outbreak in China and before it had even been named, scientists had sequenced the genome. There’s now eight vaccines in development with trials set for as early as June. But Gates has insisted that the scientific community needs to go even faster.

3. Healthcare systems must be strengthened.

Gates called on world leaders to address both the short and long term challenges presented by coronavirus and other future global epidemics.Big picture, that means supporting low-income countries to build robust health systems capable of defending people against outbreaks.

4. International diplomacy is crucial

Gates argues that the best way to achieve a consensus is by using pre-existing global forums like the World Health Organization R&D Blueprint — essentially, so everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet from the start of the research process to delivery of the vaccines

5. Funding is needed immediately.

Billions of dollars are required urgently to accelerate vaccine development and rollout. That must come from governments first to encourage the private sector to invest too, Gates said. But it’s also vital that such funding eventually targets the hardest to reach places to get to the most vulnerable people.“During a pandemic, vaccines and antivirals can’t simply be sold to the highest bidder,” Gates wrote. “They should be available and affordable for people who are at the heart of the outbreak and in greatest need.”