Us famous billionaire and CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gate has warned that the world is likely to be hit by another coronavirus-like pandemic.
The philanthropist disclosed this during his interview on CNBC. According to Bill Gate, the current generation will potentially experience a major war. He said if the world manages to avert a major war outbreak, the world will face a coronavirus-like pandemic in the next twenty five years.
“A lot of unrest in today’s age could spark a major war”
“If we avoid a big war … then, yes, there will be another pandemic, most likely in the next 25 years,” he said.
He further expressed his dissatisfaction over how the coronavirus pandemic was handled by the United States of America whom he said is widely perceived as a model to other countries. He revealed that he has gone into collaboration with some scientists who aim to prevent such an occurrence in the future.
“The country that the world expected to lead and be the model fell short of those expectations”, he said while referring to the US.
Bill Gate prediction of a major global catastrophe either through war or pandemic has elicited varying reactions from Nigerians particularly. He is accused by some of being pessimistic and leveraging such an unwanted occurrence to advance his personal businesses.