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Re:The next outbreak? we’re not ready (2015) [video] by Ididntdothis on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:40PM (#22576588)
This reminds me of the financial crisis in 2008. A ton of people knew what was going on and issued warnings but not many listened. What I don’t like is the effort to make some people like Gates into heroes that saw what nobody else saw. Public health experts warned for decades that we are not prepared but nobody wanted to pay for action.
Re:The next outbreak? we’re not ready (2015) [video] by bdcravens on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:50PM (#22576656)
> What I don’t like is the effort to make some people like Gates into heroes that saw what nobody else saw

Though I suspect if it was Elon Musk who said the same thing, there would be no shortage of hero worship.

Re:The next outbreak? we’re not ready (2015) [video] by slowmovintarget on Saturday March 14, 2020 @03:10PM (#22577814)
Have we found his underwater lair yet? He's trying very hard to be a comic-book mega-industrialist. But his kind of character seems far more like a Bond villain. Dr. Not Yet?
Re:The next outbreak? we’re not ready (2015) [video] by plankers on Saturday March 14, 2020 @02:23PM (#22577394)
Re:The next outbreak? we’re not ready (2015) [video] by 8bitsrule on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:54PM (#22580490)
I wonder how many of those experts got on a stage to give 'we, the people' that warning. The media will hide that stuff on page nnn because it's not popular.

Whatever I may think of Gates' past actions, I applaud his educational and other-directed actions ... they're not about consolidating power or fortune. Carping and suspicion about anyone's generosity is bottom-feeding.