The View

"That Will Get Attention This Time" — Gates's Forecast Meets Hondius

7 May 2026·Updated: 11 June 2026·2090 words·10 mins

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In 2022, Bill Gates sits in the ABC studio of The View — promoting his book “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”, published 3 May 2022 by Knopf Doubleday — and delivers a line that comes out with an unmistakable smirk pulling at the corner of his mouth:

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