Scary warning from Bill Gates: The next six months could be the worst of pandemic

In recent days, the number of COVID-19 in the United States has risen to the sky, breaking historical records.

On December 11, the largest number of new cases since the beginning of the pandemic were registered, with a total of 247,737 infections in 24 hours. On the same day, the highest death rate was reached, with 3,261 deaths. And while the numbers are alarming and disturbing, the worst may not be over yet, it broadcasts thegraphy.

In an interview with CNN, Microsoft founder Bill Gates spoke of the situation the United States is going through and warned that in the coming months the country could face the deadliest phase of pandemic, at least until vaccines can be widely distributed among the population.

Unfortunately, four to six months may be the worst of the pandemic. Forecast by the Institute for Metrics and Health Rating (IHME) shows there will be another 200,000 deaths. If we were to follow the rules when it came to wearing masks and not mixing, we could avoid a large percentage of those deaths. In short term, this is bad news”, he said.

In addition, the tycoon explained that when he made forecasts in 2015 about the global consequences that a pandemic could cause, he did the calculations, thinking that US performance would be better than what he has shown so far.

I thought the US would do a better job managing it. In general, when I made predictions in 2015, I said that the deaths could be higher. So this virus can be more deadly than it is. We're not in the worst case. But what has surprised me is that the economic impact in the US and worldwide has been far greater than the predictions I made five years ago”, he said.