Bill Gates warns next 4-6 months could be worst of pandemic despite vaccine progress

As US prepares to iculate its population with first shipment of Pfizer vaccines on its way, American business mogul and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that subsequent 4 to 6 months could possibly be worst phase of a pandemic.

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Gates spoke about response to coronavirus pandemic, saying that US could have over 200,000 ditional deaths if protocols such as wearing of masks and hand hygiene weren’t hered to. business tycoon stressed that a large percent of those projected deaths could, however, be avoided if Americans followed rules. "It’s b news," said Bill gates, sounding alarm about pandemic situation in year 2021. 

In his televised dress, Gates agreed that SARS-CoV-2 virus was far delier and fatal than health authorities h initially anticipated. Furr, he stressed that death toll, as predicted by IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Analysis) forecast can largely be controlled by never mixing, practicing social distancing, and following health safety measures. When asked about grim milestone that US hit in terms of rate of hospitalisations and fatalities, Bill Gates responded that he h hoped that US would do a greater job dealing with it when he h predicted such a pandemic in 2015.

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Virus 'extra dely'

Gates said, that in his forecasts in 2015, he talked in regards to deaths doubtlessly being increased. So, this virus could possibly be extra dely than it is. He warned, that US did t get 'worst-case'. However, Gates stressed solitary factor that h shocked him.  financial influence within US and all over world was a lot larger than forecasts me 5 years in past, he stated.

Earlier, US' leing infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci h similarly warned Americans to limit ir guest list this holiday season in view of an alarming projection of caselo and deaths due to vel coronavirus. In a televised interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Fauci me a "final plea" asking people to remain indoors and keeping garings as small as possible. "Make a sacrifice w to save lives and disease," he of National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases said in a live-streamed dress. 

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