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COVID-19 deaths could fall to seasonal flu levels in 2022, Bill Gates says

COVID-19 deaths could fall to seasonal flu levels in 2022, Bill Gates says

Pfizer recently announced that its experimental antiviral pill cuts hospitalizations and death rates by nearly 90%

Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder, said at a conference in Singapore on Thursday that he believes the number of cases and those dying from COVID-19 will be dropping "pretty dramatically" as more people get vaccinated and new treatments become available.

A health worker prepares a dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine at the Rio de Janeiro City Hall.


The billionaire was interviewed during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum and said both death and infections could reach seasonal flu levels by the middle of 2022, unless there’s a new variant, according to Bloomberg.

Gates pointed to several reasons why he thinks the number of transmissions and deaths will drop. He said more and more people will develop natural immunity, there will be more vaccine distribution and new antiviral pills will become available.

Pfizer recently announced that its experimental antiviral pill cuts hospitalizations and death rates by nearly 90%. Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world’s population.

Health officials said the fact that the deal was struck even before Pfizer’s pill has been authorized anywhere, could help to end the pandemic quicker.

"The vaccines are very good news, and the supply constraints will be largely solved as we get out in the middle of next year, and so we’ll be limited by the logistics and the demand," Gates said, according to the outlet.

The World Health Organization estimates that about 290,000 to 650,000 people die from the flu each year. Over five million people died from the virus since the outbreak began in late 2019.

Comments

mike 4 year ago
Jeff, now that we all know how smart you are. -Grammatically at least. Especially for you, I would like to repeat what I think of Bill Gates:
"For me he just doesn't know anything. And the world would be much richer without his input"
seamus 4 year ago
Since the injections have been so successful at keeping the virus alive, and severely maiming and outright killing people in the hundreds of thousands all over the world, let's see how much more havoc this 'magic pill' can create. Note the Experimental Authorization here too. Bill, it's not good for your image. You may have to get away to the Panama Canal in your mega-yachts more often after this.
Jeff 4 year ago
"For me he just does not know nothing."
Mike, That's excellent grammar and punctuation you have there. Made it all the way to fourth grade did ya?
Real wise guy!
Oh ya 4 year ago
This buttwipe should be hanging from a tree in Africa for all the kids he killed there with his vaccine program
mike 4 year ago
For me he just does not know nothing. The world would be much richer without his input.

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