Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates said the challenges that the world faced in the year 2020 have paved the way for innovations and collaborations that will push for a brighter global future.
In a year-end blog post, Gates said 2021 will be better given the astounding scientific breakthrough brought by 2020.
“When I think back on the pace of scientific advances in 2020, I am stunned. Humans have never made more progress on any disease in a year than the world did on COVID-19 this year,” he said.
The rapid development of vaccines across the world is one key aspects how 2020 brought the best of science, Gates said.
“Under normal circumstances, creating a vaccine can take 10 years. This time, multiple vaccines were created in less than one year,” according to Gates.
The Microsoft founder said while we are “not out of the woods quite yet,” computer models suggest that the global pandemic could get even worse over the next month or so.
The challenge of the year 2021 is for humanity to learn more “about a new variant of the virus that has appeared, which seems to spread faster but not to be more deadly.”
Companies have come together to collaborate to end the health crisis
Gates cited how companies and countries across the world joined hands to fight the global pandemic. Firms that would usually be competitive, according to Gates, started working together.
