{"id":5383,"date":"2022-04-15T07:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T05:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/15\/send-us-your-questions-for-bill-gates\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T07:39:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T05:39:40","slug":"send-us-your-questions-for-bill-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/15\/send-us-your-questions-for-bill-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Send us your questions for Bill Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got something to ask the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist? Send it our way and we\u2019ll put it to him<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready?language=en\">2015 Ted talk, Bill Gates claimed<\/a>: \u201cIf anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it\u2019s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. Not missiles, but microbes.\u201d With deaths from Covid-19 surpassing 6 million, it turns out the grisly prediction from the Silicon Valley billionaire and philanthropist might be correct. His and other experts\u2019 warnings were widely ignored \u2013 the US, for instance, slashed funding from the relevant response agencies. Gates feels that, despite the world experiencing a pandemic, lessons still won\u2019t be learned, and in May he is publishing a manifesto, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/guardianbookshop.com\/how-to-prevent-the-next-pandemic-9780241579602\">How to Prevent the Next Pandemic<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Next month, the <em>Observer <\/em><em>New Review<\/em> will publish a \u201cYou Ask the Questions\u201d-style interview with Bill Gates. Here is your chance to put a question to Gates about pandemics, or indeed, any of the other topics he is an expert on: from disease eradication and Silicon Valley to philanthropy and global heating. What\u2019s it like to be named in a conspiracy theory? Can vaccines eradicate Covid-19 entirely? Why should I bin my Mac and buy a Windows computer?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/apr\/15\/send-us-your-questions-for-bill-gates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/adcd0dcf668e4702a89bcf6013a42200e9451b9a\/0_138_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f0a48527cda8b14d701e9122dc63de4d\" title=\"Send us your questions for Bill Gates\" \/>Got something to ask the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist? Send it our way and we\u2019ll put it to him<br \/>\nIn a 2015 Ted talk, Bill Gates claimed: \u201cIf anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it\u2019s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. Not missiles, but microbes.\u201d With deaths from Covid-19 surpassing 6 million, it turns out the grisly prediction from the Silicon Valley billionaire and philanthropist might be correct. His and other experts\u2019 warnings were widely ignored \u2013 the US, for instance, slashed funding from the relevant response agencies. Gates feels that, despite the world experiencing a pandemic, lessons still won\u2019t be learned, and in May he is publishing a manifesto, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic.<br \/>\nNext month, the Observer New Review will publish a \u201cYou Ask the Questions\u201d-style interview with Bill Gates. Here is your chance to put a question to Gates about pandemics, or indeed, any of the other topics he is an expert on: from disease eradication and Silicon Valley to philanthropy and global heating. What\u2019s it like to be named in a conspiracy theory? Can vaccines eradicate Covid-19 entirely? Why should I bin my Mac and buy a Windows computer? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got something to ask the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist? Send it our way and we\u2019ll put it to him In a 2015 Ted talk, Bill Gates claimed: \u201cIf anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it\u2019s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. 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