Bill Gates says the United States could be entering “the
worst part of the pandemic” and he may cancel most of his holiday plans.
In a series of tweet's, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft [MSFT] said the than any virus in history, according to a CNN
report. He said the big unknown was how sick the Omicron variant can make people.
Health and Human Services Department data revealed over 69,700
on Wednesday. The number has been trending up
after it reached around 45,000 on November 8.
Bill Gates has been involved in trying to close the
vaccination gap through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation noting that far
fewer people in low-income countries have"
received vaccines than in wealthier nation. His article in CNN opinion in October said that
the gap will get harder to close, because the world's richer governments are
buying up extra doses to serve as booster shots.
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