"Because our behavior and our contact-tracing is not working well [in the U.S.], we continue to have very large case spread. And it is embarrassing," Gates said.
The Microsoft co-founder has been outspoken about the threat of infectious diseases for years. In a now prophetic 2015 TED Talk with more than 35 million views, Gates said, "We're not ready for the next epidemic."
Comment: Prophetic, or insider knowledge? Fauci was known to have made similar remarks in 2017
- Dr. Anthony Fauci plotted 'global vaccine action plan' with Bill Gates before pushing COVID panic and doubts about hydroxychloroquine treatments
- Dr. Fauci had an assistant doctor fired and jailed in 2011 for warning that vaccines were giving Americans known chronic diseases
- What you may not know about Dr. Tony Fauci
Indeed, Gates is "still pretty disappointed" with the United States' response to the current pandemic, citing a lack of leadership messages and coordination, he said on CNN.
Other reasons why the U.S. has been hit the hardest: People are ambivalent to follow important Covid-19 protocol, such as wearing a mask and self-quarantining, he said.
Comment: Why shouldn't they be? Even the pandemic hucksters can't keep their stories straight.
- 'Masks Are Symbolic,' say Dr Fauci and The New England Journal of Medicine
- Even the WHO acknowledges that scientific evidence of effectiveness of wearing masks in community settings is NON-EXISTENT
- It's all a show: CNN reporter who blasted Trump for not wearing mask removes own mask seconds after WH press briefing
- Dr. Fauci slammed as his COVID-19 narrative swings wildly - again
- No, you do not need face masks to prevent coronavirus - they might increase your infection risk
- Objective:Health - Face Masks: Virtue Signalling Our Obedience to the New Normal
"The range of behaviors in the U.S. right now, some people are being very conservative in what they do, and some people are basically ignoring the epidemic, it's huge," Gates told CNN. "We've worn out people's patience."
"Some people almost feel like it's a political thing, which is unfortunate," he added. (President Donald Trump has been accused of politicizing face masks, for example. He does not wear one himself and before his indoor campaign rally in Tulsa on Saturday, he said people should "do what they want" about wearing a mask. Meanwhile, presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said, if elected, he would make face coverings mandatory.)
As states reopen, people are less willing to stay home, quarantine and wear a mask, Gates said. And people who haven't been immediately affected by Covid-19, or know someone who has, may not understand the gravity of the situation.
"It's almost as though people have a willingness to go under lock down once, and for a certain period," Gates said. "To get them to extended it past a certain [time], or even to inconvenience themselves with masks, requires maybe somebody they know to not only test positive, but maybe get very sick as well."
Unlike the U.S., countries such as South Korea, Germany and Australia have had success with contact-tracing and quarantining when people become infected.
Comment: Now we come to the real point of the farce. Total Population Control:
- Here comes the Covid-19 Gestapo: Illinois Democrat introduces $100 billion 'contact tracing army' bill. It's name? 'HR 6666 TRACE'
- Bill Gates negotiated $100 billion contact tracing deal with Democratic Congressman sponsor of bill six months BEFORE coronavirus pandemic
- The horrifying things I learned at a Contact Tracing course
- Apple and Google debut Bluetooth-based contact-tracing platform to combat Covid-19...and end privacy?
- H.R. 6666: The $100b contact tracing bill is really about controlling/tracking the population
- The Worst is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing
With an approaching next wave of the virus, which could take place in the fall and winter as weather gets colder, it's imperative that people take prevention measures seriously. White House advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has said that the second wave isn't inevitable, so long as people remain stringent.
"We know now that we're benefiting from the summer," Gates says. "The infection will get worse in the fall, so all the more reason not to get completely lax in our behavior."
As for what Gates sees happening with the next highly infectious virus? "I'm not fatalistic about future pandemics, even though I'm disappointed we didn't get ready for this one," Gates told CNN.
The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC Make It's request for comment.
Reader Comments
Hmm. Maybe that's my life's purpose...(jesting.)
RC
Do it over and over...
The scale of this deception is amazing.
RC
The War Crime; The Crime against Humanity"referenced here is that Occupation; that murder of the innocent Palestinian Peoples, and their eviction and dispossession from their rightful traditional Home lands, the total denial exercised by the occupier, preventing all access to what we take for granted to be a Normal Human Existence.
Those who created this abomination, must be evicted, by force if necessary, and when they cry out in pain, complaining the hardships of this ultimately unavoidable exodus, let them remember, "they have sown the wind, and now must endure the whirlwind", they must harvest the "grapes Of Wrath", until they learn the lesson. Amen, It Is Written.
The testing is the latest and greatest extension of the brainwashing in March. They told their lies and made the entire planet think they were going to die on a hospital cot in a tent. Then they used that set of lies to lock down the world economy. What's next.
Ohh, eff it. The masses deserve it for letting these fat bastards command them.
My guess is that those who get their information from the 'legacy' BFM will be 'OK' with BLM, Lockdowns, etc. while those who pick their own sources will reach more logical conclusions.
Never stop being the best that you can be - seeking truth and speaking truth. You never know who you might inspire - your own kids or someone elseโs. I love that about life: we never know when we are inspiring another just by being ourselves.