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Bill Gates, Who Has Warned About Pandemics For Years, On The U.S. Response So Far

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates gives high marks for social distancing efforts but low marks for testing. He says he thinks large public gatherings may have to wait until there's a vaccine.

Five years ago, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates gave a TED Talk about global pandemics, warning that the world was not ready to take one on.

Now, in the midst of such an outbreak, he has been thinking about how to make up for lost time. Gates has invested in coronavirus research, which produced a that predicts the U.S. death toll through early August.]

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