Microsoft billionaire and the world’s friendliest philanthropist Bill Gates has published a blog post (yeah, he’s human after all) where he predicted that a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine may be on the cards in at least nine months.
Bill Gates makes another COVID-19 prediction
The world’s political and health leaders have come to trust in the word of Bill Gates who, without a medical qualification, described the times we are living in today, five years ago.
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He warned us about how we were not prepared for an unseen enemy that would sweep up thousands of lives and infect millions.
A squizz through the latest COVID-19 data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that to-date, the deadly pathogen has recorded more than 3.1 million infections and 224 172 deaths.
While nations across the planet are cautiously trying to sustain normalcy, Bill Gates claims the short-term future does hold a permanent solution.
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“Dr. Anthony Fauci has said he thinks it’ll take around eighteen months to develop a coronavirus vaccine. I agree with him, though it could be as little as 9 months or as long as two years,” he wrote.
There are eight to 10 possibilities in the race to get vaccine
Mind you, no scientist dead or alive, has ever created a vaccine in this short span of time. The process of duplication a virus’ genomes and finding the perfect chemical mixture to combat its proteins is very sensitive and apart from rigorous testing, it requires a lot of time.
However, according to Gates, at least eight or 10 of the 115 COVID-19 vaccine candidates look promising.
“I’m particularly excited by two new approaches that some of the candidates are taking: RNA and DNA vaccines. It might be a bit hard to see right now, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” he added.
Gates asserted that no expenses will be spared in finding a solution to COVID-19. With time against us, the billionaire continued, the goal is to get a vaccine to be at least 70% effective. This, he said, “will be enough to stop the outbreak.”
“A 60% effective vaccine is useable, but we might still see some localized outbreaks,” he wrote.
