Tuesday 17 March 2020

TED: The next outbreak? We are not ready

Dear all,

I would like to share with you a TED talk from more than 5 years ago, whose chat (see comments under the video) has been activated again due to the present validity of its content. Bill Gates seems to have been a visionary.

I advise you to watch it with English subtitles, there are subtitles in 37 different languges though.

15 comments:

Melanie Ortega said...

He was right, I like that he was comparing a war with an epidemic and the most surprising thing for me was that people are not ready for the pandemic but they are ready for war. It is so sad. Watching this video right now is shocking. Thank you Sònia for sharing this video with us.

Natalia a said...

I was very surprised by this video. It teaches us the reality of the current situation and the responsibility or irresponsibility of many citizens. Above all, it makes me think about the importance of this epidemic and the danger it has before us. Thanks for sharing this video, sonia

Natàlia Ruiz said...

He had a very positive vision for the future in order to develop a competent system able to stop a pandemic, even he thought that the Ebola crisis was a warning for us to get prepared. Sadly it didn't turn out as well as he thought.
At this moment we are all in quarantine due to the coronavirus. And surprise, our health system is collapsed and there are even more infections only because people have to work in massified places.
We are all the time saying the human race (white race, actually) is superior and prepared to survive everything, showing up our xenophobic asses, but all we did in this crisis is buy toilet paper.
He was totally right. We're prepared for the WWIII, but not for another pandemic virus, and that was five years ago.

evelyn said...

I like this video and I agree, on the other hand, I believe we have that take care of us with all this and don't leave the house. Thanks, Sonia for sharing the video with us.

Parag Pathak said...

I found a very interesting video, and it is related to what is happening right now in the world with the coronavirus

francisca said...

In the first place, watching this video was like watching a prophesy come true, though i would have preferred for it to be something way better than what's actually going on at the moment. As i speak lots of jobs and health centers are collapsing due to this mortal virus.
In my opinion we should have been mire prepared after what Ebola caused, at this very time i think the virus will get way worse than Ebola, and yes, i know i sound very pessimist but even the people who should be taking care of the sick ones are getting infected and therefore they can't work, everything just gon get worse, but i also read that they're working on a vaccine, so we just hope and wish they find it soon. So i think everyone should just keep calm, relax and just hope for the best.

Oriol Maltas Castro said...

I would love to see a poll on how many folks believe that Gates funded the creation of Covid 19. Before simply dismissing it, just hear what he says, and hear his thoughts on depopulation and how it's "unfortunate that pandemics are necessary" for people to evolve.
If you can do basic math, you should be able to see the writing on the wall.
What's going on right now was not an accident

Unknown said...

Although he makes valid points, there's a reason why we're way more prepared for war than a pandemic. The reason being that wars are way more prevalent, so it is common sense for us to prepare for something that is bound to happen at some point. We don't know where or how a new virus will appear and affect people, that's why we're somewhat unprepared for them.

Unknown said...

I'm Rubén btw, kinda forgot to change accounts.

Marta R said...

In my opinion, we should have been more prepared catastrophe .
And I totally agree with Bill Gates there should be more specialists involve in finding a vaccine to the virus
buh here we are, whit a lot of infected people and tons of deaths.

Marc M said...

This man is incredible. He said this more than 5 years ago, and he already predicted that there would be an epidemic. It was very foreseeable that there would be a new pandemic, and more than there will be. Still it has merit. He is quite right when he says that the next catastrophes of deaths will not be to wars, if not pandemics.

Mohamed E said...

In my opinion I think that Bill Gates is right, that he says that the next deaths will be caused by epidemics and not by wars, it is a reality that is being lived at the moment, every day there are more deaths and infected.

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Mario said...

This man is incredible, 5 years ago he predicted what was going to happen, without words.
The next catastrophes will be due to pandemics and not wars, with this phrase I think you are quite right since it is currently happening to us.

meritxell.garrido said...

In my opinion, being prepared for a pandemic, a virus, a war ... my generation, like my parents, are not prepared.
Partly in our current situation, we have never experienced anything like it and the fact of not ending up entering reality makes us even less prepared, and I also want to point out that much, if not all, of the little preparation is the fault of the government. , by Pedro Sánchez.