Those Who Really Need The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Be Prioritised Over Highest Bidders – Bill Gates

Bill Gates
Microsoft founder and American billionaire, Bill Gates believes that the Covid-19 Vaccine when developed should first be given to the sickly who truly need it, not on a basis of the highest bidder.

Bill GatesSpeaking during a video message to a virtual international conference on COVID-19 and AIDS on Saturday, the billionaire said that if ‘highest bidder’ becomes the basis for giving the vaccine, then there is the possibility of a longer virus.

“If we just let drugs and vaccines go to the highest bidders, instead to the people in the place where they are most needed, we will have a longer and more unjust, deadlier pandemic.

“We need leaders to make these hard decisions about distributing based on equity, not just on market-driven factors.

But I remain optimistic. We will defeat COVID-19 and we will continue to make strides against AIDS and other health crisis.

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“Better diagnostic tools are being developed to identify those infected. Investments are being made in libraries of anti-viral drugs which has been an under-invested branch of science.

“Also, we are making great progress on vaccines. These platforms won’t just be useful against this particular virus. They will also help us specifically for HIV.

Of course, there is a big difference between getting a platform and making sure we get the products out to everyone who needs them,” Bill Gates said.Photo Credit: Getty

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