Coronavirus to cause pain ‘for years to come’ : US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will cause pain “for years to come.”

“The covid-19 pandemic — the first modern pandemic — will define this era,” he wrote. “No one who lives through 'Pandemic I' will ever forget it. And it is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come.”

This is not the first time that the American billionaire has warned about ramifications of the global outbreak.“The damage to health, wealth, and well-being has already been enormous. This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side,” he said. “Everyone can work together to learn about the disease and develop tools to fight it. I see global innovation as the key to limiting the damage. This includes innovations in testing, treatments, vaccines, and policies to limit the spread while minimizing the damage to economies and well-being.”

‘3rd witch hunt’

This is while US President Donald Trump and his administration are being criticized for a poor response to the pandemic.

The Trump campaign even went as far as reiterating that the novel coronavirus is “third witch hunt in three years” of the administration.
“First, the Democrat’s Russian Collusion Delusion FAILED because WE fought back… Then, their Impeachment Hoax FAILED because WE fought back even harder,” the campaign said in a fundraising email allegedly penned by Trump himself. “NOW, they are trying to weaponize a new coronavirus committee against me, and if we’re going to withstand this attack, we’ll need to fight back even harder than ever before. This is the third WITCH HUNT in THREE YEARS.”

The administration’s response comes with a “profound and disturbing echo” of Trump’s impeachment, according to House Representative Adam Schiff, who played a central role in the measure.

“The strongest echo from the trial was when he was talking about how he didn’t want to return the calls from governors, he didn’t want his vice president to return calls from governors that weren’t saying nice things about him,” Schiff said on MSNBC on Friday. “Really, they weren’t saying things about him that could then be turned into campaign commercials as indeed he has.”

Over 53,000 people have so far died in the United States amid fears of economic recession.