Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and develop the COVID-19 vaccine said that the presidential transition is complicating efforts to distribute one, but he's spoken with president-elect Joe Biden to ensure the US doesn't blow it again.
The transition is complicating but the new administration is willing to rely on actual experts and not attack those experts. Gates the co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told CNN's Jakes Tapper in an interview which aired on Sunday " State of the Union".
President Donald Trump has refused to concede defeat 2020 election to Biden and has not coordinated with the President-elect on the COVID-19 vaccine candidates and the massively complex distribution operation. Biden has said that the Trump administration had shared information but not a detailed plan with his transition team about the nationwide distribution of the vaccine.
In his interview with Tapper, Gates praised Biden's incoming administration for "laying out clear plans" to slow the spread of COVID-19, adding that "I think we'll get through this in a positive way. You know I am pleased with the people and president-elect Joe Biden and his team are bringing are bringing to bear on this problem, he said.
The Gates Foundation on Thursday it plans to commit an additional $250 million to support the research, development, and equitable delivery of tools to fight COVID-19 including tests, treatments, and vaccines. The announcement brings the group's total commitment to the global COVID-19 response to $1.75 billion.
Gates lauded Biden for doing his best to retain Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Fauci Anthony, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who Gates would be willing to admit when things aren't going well and deliver tough messages. During the interview, Gates confirmed he has spoken with Biden about the pandemic.
Gates told Tapper that the distribution of vaccine should be based on medical need and not on wealth at all." After all, this pandemic has been awful that it's exacerbated inequities, he said".
Gates also said he's super happy with all of these vaccines and that when it's his turn for vaccination, "I will visibly take the vaccine because I think that's the benefits to all people to not be transmitting.
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