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The next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

During COVID-19 HN commenters cited it as a prescient pandemic warning.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's impressive how the details are similar to coronavirus.”

    2015 warning about pandemic unpreparedness.

    digaozao, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Climate change: The rich are to blame”

  2. “Gates gave a prescient TED talk in 2015”

    Prescient talk on global pandemic risk and preparedness.

    dgritsko, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Bill Gates calls for nationwide shutdown”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: pandemics, ebola, bill gates, public health, ted

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