According to Bill Gates, through innovation in diagnosis, therapy and vaccination, the world will have finally emerged from the pandemic state by the end of 2021. "The end [of the pandemic] comes when between natural infection and vaccine we have herd immunity ," he said. he in an interview with Bloomberg.

According to Gates, "the initial vaccine may not be effective" so it would not be a good plan if we thought the vaccine was over.

Asked about the debate that powerful states like the US will have more access to, the Microsoft founder said he had advised US lawmakers to prepare a $ 8 billion fund to help poor and disadvantaged countries. average economy.

Gates said he is optimistic that many developing therapies on treating the virus could help reduce the mortality rate.

In late July, in an interview with CNBC, Gates expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of testing for Covid-19, which he said left much to be desired, while days ago, he reacted  to conspiracy theories accusing him of inventing the coronavirus. .