>>> NOW TO OUR SPECIAL REPORT >>> NOW TO OUR SPECIAL REPORT TONIGHT. TONIGHT. THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS UPENDING OUR LIVES IN WAYS MANY UPENDING OUR LIVES IN WAYS MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED. PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED. WORK AND SOCIALIZING CONFINED TO WORK AND SOCIALIZING CONFINED TO HOMES. HOMES. MOST LOCKNG-TERM PLANS CANCELED. MOST LOCKNG-TERM PLANS CANCELED. SOME IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOME IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEM CAUGHT OFFGUARD, THIS VERY SEEM CAUGHT OFFGUARD, THIS VERY PROBLEM IS SOMETHING SOME PROBLEM IS SOMETHING SOME LEADERS DID WARN ABOUT. LEADERS DID WARN ABOUT. ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACCOMPLISHED INNOVATORS TOOK TO ACCOMPLISHED INNOVATORS TOOK TO A PUBLIC STAGE FIVE YEARS AGO, A PUBLIC STAGE FIVE YEARS AGO, WARNING ABOUT PANDEMICS. WARNING ABOUT PANDEMICS. IT ALL SOUNDS QUITE PRESSURE IT ALL SOUNDS QUITE PRESSURE YENT NOW TO HEAR BILL GATES’ YENT NOW TO HEAR BILL GATES’ ADVICE THEN. ADVICE THEN. >> IF ANYTHING KILLS OVER 10 >> IF ANYTHING KILLS OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT FEW MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES, IT’S MOST LIKELY TO BE DECADES, IT’S MOST LIKELY TO BE A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VIRUS RATHER A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VIRUS RATHER THAN A WAR. THAN A WAR. WE’VE INVESTED A HUGE AMOUNT IN WE’VE INVESTED A HUGE AMOUNT IN NUCLEAR DETERMRENTS BUT WE’VE NUCLEAR DETERMRENTS BUT WE’VE ACTUALLY INVESTED VERY LITTLE IN ACTUALLY INVESTED VERY LITTLE IN A SYSTEM TO STOP AN EPIDEMIC. A SYSTEM TO STOP AN EPIDEMIC. WE’RE NOT READY FOR THE NEXT WE’RE NOT READY FOR THE NEXT EPIDEMIC. EPIDEMIC. >> THAT WAS 2015. >> THAT WAS 2015. GATES GOING PUBLIC WITH THE GATES GOING PUBLIC WITH THE EVIDENCE SHOWING THE U.S. WAS EVIDENCE SHOWING THE U.S. WAS NOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF NOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF PANDEMIC. PANDEMIC. SO, AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SO, AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SPECIAL COVERAGE, RIGHT NOW, WE SPECIAL COVERAGE, RIGHT NOW, WE TURN TO OUR REPORT ON THESE TURN TO OUR REPORT ON THESE WARNINGS, WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT WARNINGS, WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT THE U.S. RESPONSE TODAY AND MORE THE U.S. RESPONSE TODAY AND MORE CRITICALLY, HOW THEY CAN INFORM CRITICALLY, HOW THEY CAN INFORM OUR APPROACH IN THE FUTURE AND OUR APPROACH IN THE FUTURE AND POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES. POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES. YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE EXPERTS OUT YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE EXPERTS OUT THERE IN AREAS RANGING FROM THERE IN AREAS RANGING FROM MEDICINE TO DISASTER PREP, BILL MEDICINE TO DISASTER PREP, BILL GATES EXCELLED IN COMPUTER GATES EXCELLED IN COMPUTER INNOVATION, WHICH REQUIRES SS INNOVATION, WHICH REQUIRES SS ORIGINAL THINKING, BUSINESS, ORIGINAL THINKING, BUSINESS, WHICH EXCELS ON RUTHLESS WHICH EXCELS ON RUTHLESS EXECUTION AND THEN HIS CURRENT EXECUTION AND THEN HIS CURRENT CHAPTER, PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER, PUBLIC HEALTH PHILANTHROPY, WHERE HE TAKES ON PHILANTHROPY, WHERE HE TAKES ON ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL CHALLENGES ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL CHALLENGES AROUND THE WORLD WITH BOTH HIS AROUND THE WORLD WITH BOTH HIS SKILLS AND HIS MONEY. SKILLS AND HIS MONEY. GATES BECAME THE RICHEST PERSON GATES BECAME THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD BY LEADING A TECH IN THE WORLD BY LEADING A TECH REVOLUTION AND HE BECAME REVOLUTION AND HE BECAME INCREASINGLY FAMOUS AS A NERD INCREASINGLY FAMOUS AS A NERD WITH A CAN-DO SPIRIT. WITH A CAN-DO SPIRIT. HERE HE WAS WITH DAVID LETTERMAN HERE HE WAS WITH DAVID LETTERMAN IN 1995, SPORTING A HARD HAT AND IN 1995, SPORTING A HARD HAT AND LAB COAT. LAB COAT. >> WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT >> WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE DESIGNED FOR THE HOUSE YOU’VE DESIGNED FOR THE HOUSE THAT REALLY YOU’RE VERY EXCITED THAT REALLY YOU’RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT? ABOUT? >> WELL, I’VE GOT A TRAMPOLINE >> WELL, I’VE GOT A TRAMPOLINE ROOM THAT I CAN GO AND USE. ROOM THAT I CAN GO AND USE. >> A TRAMPOLINE ROOM? >> A TRAMPOLINE ROOM? >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> THIS IS AN ACTUAL TRAMPOLINE >> THIS IS AN ACTUAL TRAMPOLINE OR A COMPUTER? OR A COMPUTER? >> NONVIR CHUM. >> NONVIR CHUM. >> TRAMPOLINES ARE NOT THE ITEM >> TRAMPOLINES ARE NOT THE ITEM MANY BILLIONAIRES BRAG ABOUT MANY BILLIONAIRES BRAG ABOUT BUYING, BUT GATES ISN’T THE BUYING, BUT GATES ISN’T THE TYPICAL BILLIONAIRE AND HE’S TYPICAL BILLIONAIRE AND HE’S DIFFERENT IN WAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN WAYS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY RELEVANT NOW. ESPECIALLY RELEVANT NOW. TAKE HIS INTELLECTUAL HUNGER. TAKE HIS INTELLECTUAL HUNGER. HE ONCE RECOUNTED HOW HE HE ONCE RECOUNTED HOW HE VACATIONED ONLY ABOUT ONCE A VACATIONED ONLY ABOUT ONCE A YEAR AND USED THAT TIME TO DIG YEAR AND USED THAT TIME TO DIG INTO OBSCURE ACADEMIC RESEARCH. INTO OBSCURE ACADEMIC RESEARCH. >> LIKE MOST OF US, BILL SAYS >> LIKE MOST OF US, BILL SAYS THAT HE ESCAPES THE OFFICE ABOUT THAT HE ESCAPES THE OFFICE ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. ONCE A YEAR. BUT THAT’S WHERE THE BUT THAT’S WHERE THE SIMILARITIES END. SIMILARITIES END. >> I SPEND AT LEAST A WEEK A >> I SPEND AT LEAST A WEEK A YEAR WHERE I GO OFF AND JUST YEAR WHERE I GO OFF AND JUST READ PEOPLE’S Ph.D THESES. READ PEOPLE’S Ph.D THESES. >> YOU HAVE TO READ THOSE. >> YOU HAVE TO READ THOSE. THIS IS ONE REASON THAT GATES THIS IS ONE REASON THAT GATES HAS SEEN AROUND SO MANY CORNERS. HAS SEEN AROUND SO MANY CORNERS. HE READS AHEAD INTO THE HE READS AHEAD INTO THE RESEARCH, TO SEE WHERE THINGS RESEARCH, TO SEE WHERE THINGS MIGHT GO. MIGHT GO. AND NOW THAT HE DID PHILANTHROPY AND NOW THAT HE DID PHILANTHROPY FULL TIME, HE’S BEEN DEPLOYING FULL TIME, HE’S BEEN DEPLOYING HIS MONEY TO PRESS CHALLENGES HIS MONEY TO PRESS CHALLENGES THAT SOME GOVERNMENTS DON’T GET THAT SOME GOVERNMENTS DON’T GET AROUND TO TACKLING. AROUND TO TACKLING. THE GATES FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE GATES FOUNDATION PRESENTS IDEAS, PAPERS AND MONEY, AS YOU IDEAS, PAPERS AND MONEY, AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN, TO HAVE PROBABLY SEEN, TO GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. AND GATES HAS HAD HIS OWN AND GATES HAS HAD HIS OWN RUN-INS WITH DONALD TRUMP. RUN-INS WITH DONALD TRUMP. AT ONE FOUNDATION MEETING, GATES AT ONE FOUNDATION MEETING, GATES RECOUNTED A CLASSIC STORY WHERE RECOUNTED A CLASSIC STORY WHERE TRUMP WAS ATTENDING A HORSE SHOW TRUMP WAS ATTENDING A HORSE SHOW IN FLORIDA. IN FLORIDA. GATES’ DAUGHTER WAS THERE, TOO. GATES’ DAUGHTER WAS THERE, TOO. AND SHE NOTICED THAT TRUMP TOOK AND SHE NOTICED THAT TRUMP TOOK AN EXTRA CAR RIDE TO LEAVE THE AN EXTRA CAR RIDE TO LEAVE THE AREA SO HE COULD MAKE ONE OF HIS AREA SO HE COULD MAKE ONE OF HIS SPECIAL HELICOPTER ENTRANCES AT SPECIAL HELICOPTER ENTRANCES AT THE EVENT. THE EVENT. THIS IS FOOTAGE MSNBC’S CHRIS THIS IS FOOTAGE MSNBC’S CHRIS HAYES FIRST REPORTED. HAYES FIRST REPORTED. >> 20 MINUTES LATER, HE FLEW IN >> 20 MINUTES LATER, HE FLEW IN IN A HELICOPTER TO THE SAME IN A HELICOPTER TO THE SAME PLACE, SO, CLEARLY, HE HAD BEEN PLACE, SO, CLEARLY, HE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AWAY AND HE WANTED TO DRIVEN AWAY AND HE WANTED TO MAKE A GRAND ENTRANCE IN A MAKE A GRAND ENTRANCE IN A HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER. >> NOW, WHATEVER GATES THOUGHT >> NOW, WHATEVER GATES THOUGHT OF DONALD TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO OF DONALD TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO IMPRESS, BILL GATES STILL TOOK IMPRESS, BILL GATES STILL TOOK THE OPPORTUNITIES, CONTROVERSIAL THE OPPORTUNITIES, CONTROVERSIAL OR NOT, TO ADVOCATE PANDEMIC OR NOT, TO ADVOCATE PANDEMIC POLICY WITH DONALD TRUMP. POLICY WITH DONALD TRUMP. HERE THEY WERE AT TRUMP UP TOER HERE THEY WERE AT TRUMP UP TOER RIGHT AFTER TRUMP’S ELECTION IN RIGHT AFTER TRUMP’S ELECTION IN DECEMBER 2016. DECEMBER 2016. GATES EXPLAINING HE WAS PUSHING GATES EXPLAINING HE WAS PUSHING SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICIES AT SCIENCE AND HEALTH POLICIES AT THAT VERY MEETING. THAT VERY MEETING. >> I SAW HIM IN TRUMP TOWER AND >> I SAW HIM IN TRUMP TOWER AND I SAID HEY, SCIENCE AND I SAID HEY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IS A GREAT THING. INNOVATION IS A GREAT THING. YOU SHOULD BE THE LEADER WHO YOU SHOULD BE THE LEADER WHO DRIVES INNOVATION. DRIVES INNOVATION. AND THAT CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT AND THAT CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT A BROAD SET OF THINGS, IN A BROAD SET OF THINGS, IN ENERGY, IN HEALTH, IN EDUCATION. ENERGY, IN HEALTH, IN EDUCATION. >> PEOPLE HAVE ALL KINDS OF >> PEOPLE HAVE ALL KINDS OF IDEAS. IDEAS. FEW GET A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH FEW GET A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT. WHILE BILL GATES IS NOT TELLING WHILE BILL GATES IS NOT TELLING EVERYONE I TOLD YOU SO, THE EVERYONE I TOLD YOU SO, THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT IN MANY WAYS EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT IN MANY WAYS HE DID. HE DID. LISTEN TO HIS PRESSIENT WARNINGS LISTEN TO HIS PRESSIENT WARNINGS FROM 2015. FROM 2015. >> WE NEED TO GET GOING, BECAUSE >> WE NEED TO GET GOING, BECAUSE TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE. TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE. IN FACT, IF THERE IS ONE IN FACT, IF THERE IS ONE POSITIVE THING THAT CAN COME OUT POSITIVE THING THAT CAN COME OUT OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC, IT’S THAT OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC, IT’S THAT IT CAN SERVE AS AN EARLY IT CAN SERVE AS AN EARLY WARNING, A WAKEUP CALL TO GET WARNING, A WAKEUP CALL TO GET READY. READY. IF WE START NOW, WE CAN BE READY IF WE START NOW, WE CAN BE READY FOR THE NEXT EPIDEMIC. FOR THE NEXT EPIDEMIC. >> IT WAS TIME TO GET READY. >> IT WAS TIME TO GET READY. MANY GOVERNMENTS DIDN’T LISTEN MANY GOVERNMENTS DIDN’T LISTEN OR DIDN’T WANT TO SPEND THE OR DIDN’T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY. MONEY. GATES SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING THE GATES SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING THE TYPE OF VIRUS THAT WOULD BE MOST TYPE OF VIRUS THAT WOULD BE MOST INFECTIOUS. INFECTIOUS. NOTICE HOW IT PREDICTS PARTS OF NOTICE HOW IT PREDICTS PARTS OF COVID TRANSMISSION. COVID TRANSMISSION. >> YOU CAN HAVE A VIRUS WHERE >> YOU CAN HAVE A VIRUS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL WELL ENOUGH WHILE PEOPLE FEEL WELL ENOUGH WHILE THEY’RE INFECTIOUS THAT THEY GET THEY’RE INFECTIOUS THAT THEY GET ON A PLANE OR GO TO A MARKET. ON A PLANE OR GO TO A MARKET. >> YOU YOURSELF CAN BE CARRYING >> YOU YOURSELF CAN BE CARRYING IT AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT. IT AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT. IT WOULD BE THE WORST THING IN IT WOULD BE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD TO GO TO CHURCH TO THE WORLD TO GO TO CHURCH TO WORSHIP AND SIT NEXT TO SOMEONE WORSHIP AND SIT NEXT TO SOMEONE AND INFECT THEM. AND INFECT THEM. >> THAT WAS CRUCIAL KNOWLEDGE. >> THAT WAS CRUCIAL KNOWLEDGE. REGARDLESS OF THE SAYING THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SAYING THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, KNOWLEDGE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, KNOWLEDGE ACTUALLY IS NOT ALWAYS POWER. ACTUALLY IS NOT ALWAYS POWER. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT PEOPLE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT PEOPLE DO WITH KNOWLEDGE. DO WITH KNOWLEDGE. GATES TOOK HIS KNOWLEDGE AND GATES TOOK HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WENT BACK TO MEET WITH DONALD WENT BACK TO MEET WITH DONALD TRUMP AGAIN, IN 2018. TRUMP AGAIN, IN 2018. HE ADVOCATED THE TRUMP HE ADVOCATED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GET SERIOUS AND ADMINISTRATION GET SERIOUS AND BACK A UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE, BACK A UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE, SAYING A UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE SAYING A UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE COULD BE ENERGIZED BY YOU, MR. COULD BE ENERGIZED BY YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. WHAT A GREAT LEGACY. WHAT A GREAT LEGACY. GATES LATER SAID TRUMP SOUNDED GATES LATER SAID TRUMP SOUNDED INTERESTED BUT THERE WASN’T MUCH INTERESTED BUT THERE WASN’T MUCH PROGRESS. PROGRESS. WE CAN TELL YOU BY SEPTEMBER OF WE CAN TELL YOU BY SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, TRUMP SIGNED AN LAST YEAR, TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CREATED A EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CREATED A FLU VACCINE TASK FORCE HEAD BY FLU VACCINE TASK FORCE HEAD BY SOMEONE ALREADY ON THE JOB, AND SOMEONE ALREADY ON THE JOB, AND THAT EFFORT DIDN’T COME WITH ANY THAT EFFORT DIDN’T COME WITH ANY LEGISLATION, LET ALONE ANY NEW LEGISLATION, LET ALONE ANY NEW MONEY TO PREPARE FOR PANDEMICS. MONEY TO PREPARE FOR PANDEMICS. GATES SAYS TRUMP OFFERED HIM A GATES SAYS TRUMP OFFERED HIM A POSSIBLE ROLE AS A SCIENCE POSSIBLE ROLE AS A SCIENCE ADVISER, SOMETHING GATES ADVISER, SOMETHING GATES DECLINED, IN FAVOR OF JUST DECLINED, IN FAVOR OF JUST OFFERING THE SCIENCE ADVICE OFFERING THE SCIENCE ADVICE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY WE’RE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY WE’RE TELLING YOU ABOUT. TELLING YOU ABOUT. THE GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE IT OR THE GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. LEAVE IT. THIS IS GATES’ EXACT ROLE TODAY. THIS IS GATES’ EXACT ROLE TODAY. AND HE’S SPEAKING OUT AGAIN NOW AND HE’S SPEAKING OUT AGAIN NOW WITH ADVICE FOR ANYONE WHO IS WITH ADVICE FOR ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING, INCLUDING REBUTTING LISTENING, INCLUDING REBUTTING SOME OF THE NEWEST CLAIMS BY SOME OF THE NEWEST CLAIMS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> IT’S VERY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR >> IT’S VERY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO SUGGEST WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY TO SUGGEST WE CAN HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. WHAT WE NEED IS THE EXTREME WHAT WE NEED IS THE EXTREME SHUTDOWN TO -- SO THAT IN SIX TO SHUTDOWN TO -- SO THAT IN SIX TO TEN WEEKS, IF THINGS GO WELL, TEN WEEKS, IF THINGS GO WELL, THEN YOU CAN START OPENING BACK THEN YOU CAN START OPENING BACK UP. UP. IT’S VERY TOUGH TO SAY TO PEOPLE IT’S VERY TOUGH TO SAY TO PEOPLE HEY, KEEP GOING TO RESTAURANTS, HEY, KEEP GOING TO RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, GO BUY NEW HOUSES. YOU KNOW, GO BUY NEW HOUSES. IGNORE THAT PILE OF BODIES OVER IGNORE THAT PILE OF BODIES OVER IN THE CORNER, JUST WE WANT YOU IN THE CORNER, JUST WE WANT YOU TO KEEP SPENDING, BECAUSE TO KEEP SPENDING, BECAUSE THERE’S SOME -- MAYBE A THERE’S SOME -- MAYBE A POLITICIAN WHO THINKS GDP GROWTH POLITICIAN WHO THINKS GDP GROWTH IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS. IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS. >> THAT WAS A STARK WAY TO PUT >> THAT WAS A STARK WAY TO PUT IT. IT. HE WAS STAYING AS THE BODY COUNT HE WAS STAYING AS THE BODY COUNT ROSE. ROSE. BUT BEFORE VIDEOS AND PICTURES BUT BEFORE VIDEOS AND PICTURES LIKE THIS WENT VIRILE, THEAL, IN LIKE THIS WENT VIRILE, THEAL, IN AMERICA, A COUNTRY REDUCED TO AMERICA, A COUNTRY REDUCED TO SCENES LIKE THIS. SCENES LIKE THIS. SINCE GATES’ EXPERTISE STANDS AT SINCE GATES’ EXPERTISE STANDS AT THE ENTER -- INTERSECTION, WHILE THE ENTER -- INTERSECTION, WHILE THE ECONOMIC TOLL IS SEVERE, THE ECONOMIC TOLL IS SEVERE, THAT COMES SECOND TO THE THAT COMES SECOND TO THE CHALLENGE THAT CANNOT BE CHALLENGE THAT CANNOT BE REVERSED. REVERSED. THIS VIRUS CONTINUING TO KILL SO THIS VIRUS CONTINUING TO KILL SO MANY PEOPLE. MANY PEOPLE. >> IT IS REALLY TRAGIC THAT THE >> IT IS REALLY TRAGIC THAT THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THIS ARE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THIS ARE VERY DRAMATIC. VERY DRAMATIC. I MEAN, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS I MEAN, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY IN EVER HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY IN OUR LIFETIMES. OUR LIFETIMES. BUT MONEY, THAT’S MORE OF A BUT MONEY, THAT’S MORE OF A REVERSIBLE THING THAN BRINGING REVERSIBLE THING THAN BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO LIFE. PEOPLE BACK TO LIFE. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL YOU KNOW, THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL PIECE OF WISDOM FROM A VERY RICH PIECE OF WISDOM FROM A VERY RICH MAN. MAN. YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN ALL YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. IT ECHOES SOMETHING THAT MANY IT ECHOES SOMETHING THAT MANY ALREADY HAVE ADMIRED ABOUT BILL ALREADY HAVE ADMIRED ABOUT BILL GATES, THAT HE EMBODIES SUCCESS GATES, THAT HE EMBODIES SUCCESS WITHOUT FLAUNTING IT. WITHOUT FLAUNTING IT. AS THE GREAT ANDRE BENJAMIN ONCE AS THE GREAT ANDRE BENJAMIN ONCE PUT IT, BILL GATES DON’T DANGLE PUT IT, BILL GATES DON’T DANGLE DIAMONDS IN THE FACE OF ME DIAMONDS IN THE FACE OF ME SABLTSSABLT SABLTSSABLT S S -- PEASANTS WHEN HE’S -- PEASANTS WHEN HE’S MICROSOFTENING THE PLACE. MICROSOFTENING THE PLACE. CONSIDER YOUR SURROUNDINGS. CONSIDER YOUR SURROUNDINGS. REAL STRENGTH DOESN’T NEED TO REAL STRENGTH DOESN’T NEED TO FLAUNT ITSELF. FLAUNT ITSELF. CONSIDERING YOUR SURROUNDING IS CONSIDERING YOUR SURROUNDING IS CRUCIAL FOR STAYING ALIVE. CRUCIAL FOR STAYING ALIVE. THAT APPLIES TO STAYING SAFE THAT APPLIES TO STAYING SAFE RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS FOR RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS FOR PREPARING FOR NEXT PANDEMIC. PREPARING FOR NEXT PANDEMIC. AS GATES EXPLAINED BACK IN 2015, AS GATES EXPLAINED BACK IN 2015, AS HE WOULD LATER TRY TO WARN AS HE WOULD LATER TRY TO WARN PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE MEDICAL PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE MEDICAL SCIENCE SHOWS A PATH FOR WHAT WE SCIENCE SHOWS A PATH FOR WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO. ALL NEED TO DO. WITH THAT IN MIND, TONIGHT BILL WITH THAT IN MIND, TONIGHT BILL GATES GETS THE FINAL WORD. GATES GETS THE FINAL WORD. >> THE PROBLEM WAS, WE DIDN’T >> THE PROBLEM WAS, WE DIDN’T HAVE A SYSTEM AT ALL. HAVE A SYSTEM AT ALL. IN FACT, THERE’S SOME PRETTY IN FACT, THERE’S SOME PRETTY OBVIOUS KEY MISSING PIECES. OBVIOUS KEY MISSING PIECES. WE DIDN’T HAVE A GROUP OF WE DIDN’T HAVE A GROUP OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS READY TO GO. EPIDEMIOLOGISTS READY TO GO. A LARGE EPIDEMIC WOULD REQUIRE A LARGE EPIDEMIC WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS US TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. OF WORKERS. THE FAILURE TO PREPARE COULD THE FAILURE TO PREPARE COULD ALLOW THE NEXT EPIDEMIC TO BE ALLOW THE NEXT EPIDEMIC TO BE DRAMATICALLY MORE DEVASTATING DRAMATICALLY MORE DEVASTATING THAN EBOLA. THAN EBOLA. IT DIDN’T GET INTO MANY URBAN IT DIDN’T GET INTO MANY URBAN AREAS, AND THAT WAS JUST LUCK. AREAS, AND THAT WAS JUST LUCK. THE NEXT TIME WE MIGHT NOT BE SO THE NEXT TIME WE MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. LUCKY. IT WOULD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE IT WOULD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD VERY, VERY QUICKLY.