{"id":33302,"date":"2021-03-25T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33302"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:59:51","slug":"bill-gates-predicts-world-will-be-back-to-normal-by-end-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33302","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates predicts world will be &#8216;back to normal&#8217; by end of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft co-founder\u00a0Bill Gates\u00a0predicted this week that the world will be \u201cback to normal\u201d by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p>Gates told Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster TVN24 that the coronavirus pandemic has been \u201can incredible tragedy,\u201d but he expressed hope for the future,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/jbrfczshnbbwpzpbwtvnnwffnswkbsbddmnhzqkbbjfnbf_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a=&amp;b=37875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/jbrfczshnbbwpzpbwtvnnwffnswkbsbddmnhzqkbbjfnbf_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a%3D%26b%3D37875&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616797218437000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHr8rUeyQUzkKHeZuaYJyAndJ8sdg\">Reuters reported<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gates&#8217;s prediction:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBy the end of 2022 we should be basically completely back to normal,\u201d Gates said.<\/p>\n<p>Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, through their foundation have designated at least $1.75 billion to respond to the pandemic globally, including through vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has faced calls to share its vaccine stockpile with other countries and committed last week to send millions of surplus doses to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tlljsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrllhjplp_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a=&amp;b=37875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tlljsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrllhjplp_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a%3D%26b%3D37875&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616797218437000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8agaKv8ARH1UFt5o35URyN9wHSg\">Mexico and Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u00a0has also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wzjzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmddvzjlf_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a=&amp;b=37875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wzjzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmddvzjlf_rrvcggnrnpcvcvtcjtkc.html?a%3D%26b%3D37875&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616797218437000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHgx0aJ9MGqXYuR3FSnNOL3v5WvMQ\">pledged $4 billion<\/a>, including $2 billion in immediate funding, to Covax, the global program dedicated to getting vaccines to poorer countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft co-founder\u00a0Bill Gates\u00a0predicted this week that&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33303,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33302\/revisions\/33303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}