Bill Gates says the US missed chance to avoid shutdown and should stay closed

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/bill-gates-us-missed-its-chance-to-avoid-coronavirus-shutdown.html

by Reedx • 6 years ago

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_bxg12• 6 years ago

I really enjoy retirement-aged-Bill Gates' nonpartisan, pragmatic approach to humanitarianism. He often feels like the only adult left in the room (or at least, adult that still has any interest at all in the well-being of the world at large).

twox2• 6 years ago

Yeah, I'm often surprised at his level of optimism, but then I realize that he's a big picture kind of guy and thinking quite far ahead from a problem solving capacity instead of reacting emotionally to current events.

_bxg12• 6 years ago

While at the same time not being a sociopath like most of today's other big-picture problem-solvers (Jeff Bezos, etc.)

grayed-down4• 6 years ago

So says the guy with $96.3 Extra Large and a security detail.

naavis• 6 years ago

Does that somehow refute his point?

grayed-down4• 6 years ago

No, but it certainly makes it a lot easier to take that position even if it's wrong.

WheelsAtLarge2• 6 years ago

That money didn't just appear in his account. He has it simply because he can look ahead given the current situation. I'm glad he's giving his opinion. We should take it seriously.

tengbretson• 6 years ago

Is there any country that has faced and contained covid 19 that has not had to shutdown in some way? I'm not even sure what that would look like.

slaw• 6 years ago

Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_T...

WheelsAtLarge2• 6 years ago

Yes, but they were prepared for it and took it seriously from the start.

aaron695• 6 years ago

Bill Gates says the US missed chance to avoid shutdown and should stay closed

The title doesn't match his quotes at all.

It's misinformation unless he said something else during the talk.

He's not ruling out stopping the shutdown.

He says it's to late if you want a containment strategy.

And politically people won't like a non shutdown plan.

Bill Gates says the US missed chance to avoid shutdown and should stay closed

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