Bill Gates (born Oct. 28, 1955) is the principal co-founder of Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest personal-computer software company and one of the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. Bill Gates believes that vaccines can be used to reduce childhood mortality and ultimately reduce population growth through associated social changes, not as an agent of death. Bill Gates wrote about his father on Instagram, calling him “the real Bill Gates.” “My dad and I share the same name. Gates bezeichnete das Coronavirus als „einen Erreger, der nur einmal in einem Jahrhundert“ vorkommt. Seine Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, die Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hat 100 Millionen US-Dollar (92,9 Millionen Euro) zur Bekämpfung des Ausbruchs gespendet. As Gates' Sr. wrote in his book, "There's one lesson I've learned over the years as a father, lawyer, activist and citizen that I hope to convey in these pages. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated billions to the cause of improving global health, largely by sponsoring vaccine and agricultural programs in Third World countries.
Seht hier, was der Microsoft-Gründer Bill Gates zu dem Ausbruch des Coronavirus sagt und wie er damit umgeht:
In an interview on the PBS program NOW with Bill Moyes (May 9, 2003), Moyes asked Gates how, given his background at Microsoft, he came to this champion this particular cause.