Future Pandemic Preparedness Discussion

Uh, and it won't be the last pandemic.

Mm.

Uh, the next one could be far more severe.

I mean, this one, it killed millions. It was awful.

Uh, we got the vaccine. You know, uh, actually,

President Trump's leadership was a, a factor in getting that out

quickly. And, and so I... You know, when I spoke to him, I said, "Okay,

here's some

other medical innovations, including a thing called an HIV cure

that could be

accelerated." So,

um, you know, we should

be more prepared both for a pandemic, I'd s- say that's still number

one. Um, you know, you can worry about nuclear

war, you can worry about, uh,

AI. Uh-

Oh, that sounds like fun.

There's plenty, plenty to worry about.

Uh-

Well, do, do you sleep at all?

... but overall, I'm an optimist.

Okay.

No, I mean,

you know, it's up to the government to think ahead

on behalf of the citizens.

Yes.

So a pandemic, there's a lot, uh, that we

should be doing that, um, hopefully we'll get our act together

before the

next one comes.

Which is-

You know, overall, the innovation in health, both in the

developing countries, the rich world, you know, I, I, I love being part of that.

I was reading, though, that you said the next pandemic, you

are predicting within

maybe 25 years. Is that accurate?

Oh, certainly we'll have one-

Happy to-

... in the next 25 years. Uh, you know, there's

even some pathogens out there that we're watching over right now,

um-