Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Bill Gates has made headlines on many occasions for his predictions about the evolution of the health crisis. He has recently raised the question of whether it is really fair and useful to start administering the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Europe and the United States, taking into account that in many poor countries not even 10% of the population has received the full guideline. Therefore, one of the requests of the American tycoon for the next pandemic is that a more equitable distribution of doses be carried out globally .
Inequality in the distribution of vaccines
Yes, Bill Gates is convinced that the world will face a new pandemic in the not too distant future . The billionaire explains that some changes should be made in the vaccination strategy with respect to that of Covid-19 to stop transmission and save lives.
As has been done now, priority should be given to the most vulnerable, the elderly and health professionals. However, he considers that the main failure of the current vaccination campaign is that people with a practically zero risk of dying from coronavirus have been immunized .
He does not understand how young people in rich countries have been prioritized over older people in middle-income countries , such as most of South America and South Africa.
Make more doses of the vaccine
Bill Gates applauds the speed with which coronavirus vaccines have been designed and developed . Still, he believes that things could be done better in the future by following these strategies.
First and foremost, governments and companies ensure that there is sufficient capacity to produce large volumes of mRNA vaccines quickly.
In addition, it considers that it is necessary to start developing prototypes of vaccines against the diseases that are most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics in the future.
And finally, in the long term, Bill Gates sees a need for more countries to have the capacity to develop, manufacture and approve vaccines themselves .
This is what he said in his latest blog post. The Microsoft co-founder is especially concerned about unequal access to vaccines among people in poor and developed countries .
