• 微软（Microsoft）联合创始人比尔·盖茨警告称，全球仍没有为再一次全球大流行做好充分准备，并且可能重蹈覆辙，重复上一次疫情期间犯过的错误。
比尔·盖茨认为，另外一场全球大流行完全有可能发生，而全世界并未做好充分准备。
在接受《华尔街日报》采访时，这位慈善家被问到是什么让他夜不能寐。
盖茨回答说：“未来四年内发生自然大流行病的可能性在10%到15%之间。我们希望比上次的准备更加充分，但到目前为止，我们并未做好准备。”
在遭到质疑时，微软联合创始人重申：“我们绝对没有做好准备。”
盖茨补充说：“人们没有对缺失哪些工具达成共识，而是在重蹈覆辙。我不会说在损失了数万亿美元和数百万人去世之后，我们已经达到了预期的进展。”
通过盖茨基金会（Gates Foundation），这位亿万富翁一直在警告气候问题、网络攻击和公共卫生需求，同时也在推动开发解决方案。
去年9月，他表示全球动荡可能引发一场大战，未来25年内可能会出现另一场大流行病。
2022年，盖茨出版了《如何预防下一次大流行》（How to Prevent the Next Pandemic）一书，并对包括美国在内的各国政府在应对2020年大流行病时缺乏规划表示担忧。
他还呼吁加强隔离政策，投资疾病监测，以及增加疫苗研发。此外，盖茨基金会承诺在美国提供高达1.25亿美元的资金，以“帮助结束新冠疫情的急性阶段，并为未来的大流行做好准备。”（财富中文网）
译者：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
• Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates warned the world is still not adequately prepared for another pandemic and is poised to repeat the mistakes made during the last one.
Bill Gates thinks another pandemic is entirely possible, and the world is not as prepared as it should be.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the philanthropist was asked what keeps him up at night.
“The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15%,” Gates replied. “And it’d be nice to think we’re actually more ready for that than we were last time, but so far we’re not.”
Challenged on that statement, the Microsoft cofounder reiterated himself saying, “we’re absolutely not.”
“People — rather than having a consensus about what tools are missing — are mostly still replaying the various mistakes that were made,” Gates added. “I wouldn’t say that we’re as far along as you’d expect after trillions of dollars and millions of lives have been lost.”
Through the Gates Foundation, the billionaire has been warning about climate concerns, cyberattacks, and public health needs, while also pushing for solutions.
In September, he said global unrest could spark a major war and that another pandemic was likely in the next 25 years.
In 2022, Gates authored the book How to Prevent the Next Pandemic and voiced his concerns around the lack of planning with governments across the world, including the U.S., in the handling of the 2020 pandemic.
He also called for stronger quarantining policies, investing in disease monitoring, as well as increased vaccine research and development. Additionally, the Gates Foundation pledged up to $125 million in the U.S. to “help end the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future pandemics.”