Founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates considers vaccines to the greatest scientific achievement in the history of mankind. He stated this in an interview with the newspaper HandelsBlatt.
“In the light of what we passed last year, I must first of all say vaccines. Vaccines against COVID-19 gave us a great hope that this year we will overcome the pandemic,” said Gates, answering To the question that, in his opinion, belongs to the three most important innovations in human history. “Despite this [pandemic], vaccines allowed to cope with many diseases,” he added, reports TASS.
In second place, the Founder of Microsoft has placed the invention of the microprocessor. “You will not definitely surprise that I am a big microprocessor fan, which ultimately made a personal personal computer, led to the revolution in computer science and launched an impressive wave of innovation over the past 50 years,” he said.
“Finally, I choose a green revolution (a complex of changes in agriculture in the 1940-1970s, which led to a significant increase in the volume of world agricultural products),” said Gates, especially noting the study of the American agronoma and breeder of Norman Borougug.
“before that it was impossible to imagine how enough foods could be made for the entire world population. The work of the borogue was saved from hungry death, according to various estimates, more than 1 billion people,” Gates noted.
Touching the development of drugs from COVID-19, he noted that never scientists have never created an effective vaccine in such a short period of time: “with COVID-19 it became obvious that scientists and companies in the future can cooperate with each other better. We We need a system that would rather issue permissions and in which we still have preserved vigilance in security issues. “