Bill Gates on Preparing for the Next Epidemic
TED · Talk · 9 min · 2015 · YouTube title: The next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED
Why it's here
During COVID-19 HN commenters cited it as a prescient pandemic warning.
What it covers
Bill Gates's 2015 TED talk, given after the 2014 Ebola outbreak, argues the world is unprepared for the next fast-spreading epidemic. He calls for scenario planning, vaccine research, and trained health workers, in the way countries prepare for war.