The Corona pandemic is not expected to be the last pandemic to hit. Bill Gates also wants to anticipate it by recruiting thousands of people. What for?
Bill Gates when speaking at the TED 2022 conference stated that it could actually be the Corona pandemic that would be the last if we took the right steps.
One of them, Bill Gates plans to spend USD 1 billion per year to form a group called the GERM team, which stands for global epidemic response and mobilization. More investment is also needed in the global health system and in research and development.
As quoted by us from Fast Company, the GERM team will consist of around 3,000 people. Its members are related experts such as infectious disease experts, data scientists, logistics experts to communication and diplomacy experts.
"Like a firefighter, the GERM team will do the exercises. If we want a fast response, we want to make sure everything is in place and can move very quickly. Practice is key," said the Microsoft founder.
The training will be useful to prevent a pandemic if it is detected that it will occur. "If there is no pandemic, the GERM team can focus on treating other infectious diseases as a second priority," added Bill Gates.
He imagines that the GERM team will immediately move quickly and coordinate with various countries if it is detected that a pandemic will appear. Thus, the pandemic can be prevented, unlike the case of the Corona pandemic.
"The mission is to stop the epidemic before it becomes a pandemic. When the Corona pandemic hits, we are like the city of Rome before there were firefighters and water," said Bill Gates likening.