Deaths will largely be the result of the excessive burden on healthcare systems and economy and eventually mortality numbers will increase due to HIV and malaria.
Bill Gates
It is estimated that more than million people will die before the COVID-19 pandemic is over, says Bill Gates. However, these deaths will not be a result of the disease itself. It will be the outcome of excessive burden on healthcare systems and weak economies worldwide, he added.
The Microsoft co-founder predicts that a “reasonably” effective vaccine will be in mass production by the end of 2021 and the majority of the world population would be immunised by that time. But, our economies will certainly have to bear the loss and many lives will be devoured.
Elaborating on his statement, Gates said that more than 90 percent of the deaths would be unrelated to coronavirus. “Lockdowns will restrict people’s access to medicine for other diseases. Subsequently, deaths from malaria and HIV will increase,” he said.
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To cope up with the situation, all countries are racing to make a vaccine. Bill Gates has contributed $350 million to this pandemic response. “Billions must be sent to produce Coronavirus Vaccine to stop the economic damage, which is costing trillions,” he said in an interview to The Economist.
Unreliable numbers make the toll unpredictable which fails to evaluate the loss of poor countries. “By August 17, Africa has recorded more than 25,000 COVID-19 deaths and in India, nearly 52,000 have died from the disease. However, the actual number in both places is much higher,” Gates added.
He further said, “Novel coronavirus is not as contagious as some other diseases. Around 30-60 percent of the world’s population needs to be vaccinated to contain the pandemic,” he said, adding “Fortunately this isn’t measles, we don’t need over 90 percent of people to take the vaccine.”
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