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{That's why I approach this not as two different sets of activities, but as two points on the same line: end this pandemic while creating the tools and systems we need prevent the next one. Save lives now and avoid disasters in the future] But it's possible to take this idea too far--to assume that the next pandemic threat will look exactly like COVID. It may not. It could be more infectious, passing more easily from one person to another. Or it could, unfortunately, be deadlier. Worst of all, it could be both. The key is to be ready to adapt our response to the problem at hand. In the next major outbreak, the pathogen might not be so much worse for older people as COVID is, or it might spread by lingering on surfaces or be transmitted through human feces. Let's go through the plan, step by step. 1. Make better tools. All my work in software and philanthropy stems from a simple idea: Innovation can improve lives and solve important problems, whether it's reducing childhood deaths or making education more accessible to more people. When Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen and I imagined a day when there would be a computer on every desk and in every home, that struck many people as a pipe dream. But we got to be part of the digital revolution that made it happen. 'The same goes for health. The advances in biology and medicine in the past few decades alone have unlocked phenomenal new ways to treat and prevent disease, including new vaccines. But these advances do not simply happen on their own. As the decades-long story of mRNA vaccines shows, ideas and research must be nurtured, sometimes for more than a decade, before they produce anything of practical use. 'Commented [FA([1]: This is acritical statement since 'even now as we are struggling to end this pandemic, 'resources are being taken away from our pandemic 'preparedness as "offsets" for other programs due to 'budgetary constraints. You should strongly warm against 'this near-sightedness Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] 2022-01-08 12:22:00