Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We're not ready
Bill Gates: Vi är inte redo för nästa utbrott
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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som vi mest oroade oss för.
was a nuclear war.
en sån här tunna i källaren,
down in our basement,
huka oss ner och äta ur tunnan.
hunker down, and eat out of that barrel.
för global katastrof
of global catastrophe
inom de närmaste årtiondena,
in the next few decades,
a highly infectious virus
in nuclear deterrents.
i skydd mot kärnvapen.
i system som kan stoppa en epidemi.
in a system to stop an epidemic.
läst om det i tidningen,
in the newspaper,
through the case analysis tools
genom de analysverktyg
att mäta poliobekämpning.
that didn't work well enough,
inte fungerade bra nog,
didn't have a system at all.
hade något system alls.
några väldigt viktiga delar.
key missing pieces.
som var redo, som skulle ha åkt,
ready to go, who would have gone,
seen how far it had spread.
och hur mycket den hade spritt sig.
innan den kom ut online
before they were put online
som var redo att åka.
att förbereda människor.
gjorde ett fantastiskt jobb
did a great job orchestrating volunteers.
än vi borde ha varit med att få ut
than we should have been
into these countries.
till de här länderna.
to have hundreds of thousands of workers.
att vi hade hundratusentals hjälparbetare.
titta på alternativa behandlingsmetoder.
to look at treatment approaches.
vilka hjälpmedel som skulle användas.
what tools should be used.
ta blod från de som överlevde,
taken the blood of survivors,
back in people to protect them.
för att skydda dem.
är verkligen globala misstag.
are really a global failure.
men de gör inget av det jag nyss nämnde.
but not to do these things I talked about.
som är redo att ge sig av,
epidemiologists ready to go,
but that's just pure Hollywood.
men det händer bara i Hollywood.
kan nästa katastof
could allow the next epidemic
more devastating than Ebola
of Ebola over this year.
hur ebola har utvecklats i år.
i tre västafrikanska länder.
West African countries.
att den inte spridde sig mer.
it didn't spread more.
of heroic work by the health workers.
heroiska insatser av sjukvårdspersonal.
och förebyggde fler infektioner.
prevented more infections.
att de är sängliggande.
that they're bedridden.
into many urban areas.
nådde den inte stadsområden.
till mycket mer urbana områden
more urban areas,
would have been much larger.
mår tillräckligt bra när de är smittsamma
feel well enough while they're infectious
eller går till marknaden.
or they go to a market.
en naturlig epidemi som ebola
a natural epidemic like Ebola,
göra skadan tusen gånger värre.
make things a thousand times worse.
of a virus spread through the air,
över ett luftburet virus,
över världen mycket snabbt.
very, very quickly.
dog i den epidemin.
died from that epidemic.
a really good response system.
ett riktigt bra försvarssystem.
and technology that we talk about here.
och teknik som vi pratar om här.
and get information out to them.
och få ut information till dem.
var människor är och vart de rör sig.
where people are and where they're moving.
tiden det tar att undersöka ett smittämne
the turnaround time to look at a pathogen
that fit for that pathogen.
som passar det smittämnet.
into an overall global health system.
i ett globalt hälsosystem.
om hur vi bör förbereda oss
on how to get prepared
waiting to go.
som är redo att ge sig av.
som snabbt kan utöka styrkorna.
us up to large numbers.
som kan agera mycket snabbt.
that can deploy very rapidly.
för att veta om folk har rätt kunskaper.
to check, are people well trained?
about fuel and logistics
för att kunna hantera en epidemi.
we need to deal with an epidemic.
in poor countries.
stark hälsovård i fattiga länder.
kan föda barn på ett tryggt sätt,
can give birth safely,
the outbreak very early on.
utbrottet kommer att synas först.
med rätt utbildning och bakgrund
the training and background
som har expertis.
den medicinska personalen med militär,
medical people with the military.
to move fast, do logistics
kan röra sig snabbt, hantera logistik
so that we see where the holes are.
så att vi kan se var bristerna finns.
was done in the United States
gjordes i USA var 2001,
and it didn't go so well.
virus:1, människor: 0.
massor av avancerad forskning
in areas of vaccines and diagnostics.
till exempel via adenoassocierat virus,
like the Adeno-associated virus,
om vad det skulle kosta,
for what this would cost,
compared to the potential harm.
som annars skulle kunna ske.
if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
en världsomspännande influensaepidemi
att överstiga 24 biljoner kronor
by over three trillion dollars
and millions of deaths.
offer significant benefits
för en epidemi.
och forskningen
den globala ojämlikheten i hälsa
global health equity
både mer rättvis och trygg.
as well as more safe.
att detta borde vara en prioritet.
be a priority.
or go down into the basement.
eller gömma oss i källaren.
för tiden är inte på vår sida.
because time is not on our side.
that can come out of the Ebola epidemic,
som har kommit av ebolaepidemin
som en varning så att vi förbereder oss.
warning, a wake-up call, to get ready.
for the next epidemic.
för nästa epidemi.
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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