Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We're not ready
Bill Gates: O próximo surto? Não estamos prontos
A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. Now he's doing it again with his own style of philanthropy and passion for innovation. Full bio
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was a nuclear war.
uma guerra nuclear.
down in our basement,
como este na nossa cave,
hunker down, and eat out of that barrel.
abrigar-nos e comer desse barril.
of global catastrophe
de catástrofe global
in the next few decades,
de pessoas nas próximas décadas,
a highly infectious virus
altamente contagioso
in nuclear deterrents.
dissuasão nuclear.
in a system to stop an epidemic.
para parar uma epidemia.
a próxima epidemia.
in the newspaper,
acerca disso no jornal,
through the case analysis tools
ferramentas de análise
da poliomielite.
that didn't work well enough,
que não funcionou suficientemente bem,
didn't have a system at all.
tínhamos nenhum sistema.
key missing pieces.
ready to go, who would have gone,
pronto para ir, que teria ido,
seen how far it had spread.
vendo o quanto ela se tinha espalhado.
before they were put online
antes de aparecerem "online"
médica pronta para ir.
did a great job orchestrating volunteers.
grande trabalho em arranjar voluntários.
than we should have been
do que devíamos ter sido
into these countries.
trabalhadores para esses países.
to have hundreds of thousands of workers.
centenas ou milhares de trabalhadores.
to look at treatment approaches.
as abordagens de tratamento.
what tools should be used.
ferramentas que deveriam ser usadas.
taken the blood of survivors,
no sangue dos sobreviventes,
back in people to protect them.
nas pessoas para as proteger.
are really a global failure.
but not to do these things I talked about.
mas não para fazer as coisas que referi.
epidemiologists ready to go,
prontos para ir,
but that's just pure Hollywood.
mas isso é apenas Hollywood.
could allow the next epidemic
podia levar a outra epidemia
more devastating than Ebola
devastadora que o Ébola.
of Ebola over this year.
do Ébola durante este ano.
West African countries.
países da África Ocidental.
não se ter espalhado mais.
it didn't spread more.
of heroic work by the health workers.
heroico da parte dos trabalhadores.
prevented more infections.
mais infeções.
that they're bedridden.
que ficam acamadas.
into many urban areas.
em muitas áreas urbanas.
more urban areas,
mais áreas urbanas,
would have been much larger.
teria sido muito maior.
não ter tanta sorte.
feel well enough while they're infectious
sentem tão bem, mesmo contagiosas,
or they go to a market.
a natural epidemic like Ebola,
como no caso do Ébola,
make things a thousand times worse.
a situação mil vezes pior.
of a virus spread through the air,
expansão dum vírus através do ar,
very, very quickly.
muito, muito depressa.
died from that epidemic.
morreram mais de 30 milhões de pessoas.
a really good response system.
sistema de resposta muito bom.
and technology that we talk about here.
e tecnologia de que aqui falámos.
and get information out to them.
e dar-lhe informações.
where people are and where they're moving.
onde as pessoas estão e onde circulam.
the turnaround time to look at a pathogen
de resposta para olhar para um patogeno
that fit for that pathogen.
vacinas adequados para esse patogeno.
into an overall global health system.
num sistema global de saúde.
on how to get prepared
em como nos prepararmos
que fazemos para a guerra.
waiting to go.
à espera de partir.
us up to large numbers.
aumentar muito o seu número.
that can deploy very rapidly.
ser instalada muito rapidamente.
to check, are people well trained?
se as pessoas estão treinadas,
about fuel and logistics
combustível e logística
absolutamente preparadas.
we need to deal with an epidemic.
precisamos para lidar com uma epidemia.
in poor countries.
fortes sistemas de saúde em países pobres.
can give birth safely,
dar à luz com segurança,
the outbreak very early on.
o surto muito cedo.
the training and background
e experiência,
e que tenham essa especialidade.
medical people with the military.
com os militares,
to move fast, do logistics
em mover-se depressa, fazer a logística
so that we see where the holes are.
para vermos onde estão as falhas.
was done in the United States
nos Estados Unidos da América,
and it didn't go so well.
Germes: 1 — Pessoas: 0.
in areas of vaccines and diagnostics.
em áreas de vacinas e diagnósticos.
like the Adeno-associated virus,
como o vírus adeno-associado,
for what this would cost,
que isso custaria,
compared to the potential harm.
comparado com os possíveis danos.
if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
uma epidemia de gripe em todo o mundo,
by over three trillion dollars
em mais de três biliões de dólares
and millions of deaths.
offer significant benefits
benefícios significativos
para a epidemia.
a Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento
global health equity
as well as more safe.
que apenas mais seguro.
be a priority.
uma prioridade absoluta.
or go down into the basement.
ou ir para a cave.
because time is not on our side.
porque o tempo não está do nosso lado.
that can come out of the Ebola epidemic,
pode retirar da epidemia do Ébola,
warning, a wake-up call, to get ready.
chamada para acordar, para começarmos.
for the next epidemic.
preparados para a próxima epidemia.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bill Gates - PhilanthropistA passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. Now he's doing it again with his own style of philanthropy and passion for innovation.
Why you should listen
Bill Gates is the founder and former CEO of Microsoft. A geek icon, tech visionary and business trailblazer, Gates' leadership -- fueled by his long-held dream that millions might realize their potential through great software -- made Microsoft a personal computing powerhouse and a trendsetter in the Internet dawn. Whether you're a suit, chef, quant, artist, media maven, nurse or gamer, you've probably used a Microsoft product today.
In summer of 2008, Gates left his day-to-day role with Microsoft to focus on philanthropy. Holding that all lives have equal value (no matter where they're being lived), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has now donated staggering sums to HIV/AIDS programs, libraries, agriculture research and disaster relief -- and offered vital guidance and creative funding to programs in global health and education. Gates believes his tech-centric strategy for giving will prove the killer app of planet Earth's next big upgrade.
Read a collection of Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letters, where they take stock of the Gates Foundation and the world. And follow his ongoing thinking on his personal website, The Gates Notes. His new paper, "The Next Epidemic," is published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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