Melinda Gates Says Black Americans should get Covid vaccine first
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He should pay the Obamas a cool bil to do a PSA on this, black folks would be lined up around football stadiums trying to get those shots. 
O.T.I.S.
Veteran
Who’s logic... just yours?
O.T.I.S.
Veteran
Exactly... my thing is why is he specifically singling out black peopleSo black people who can read about the Tuskegee experiments should trust this vaccine this CAPITALIST (not doctor) is pushing because it "has to go thru clinical trials and testing"?
Its not hard to spot the agents...
NYC Warrior
Dat ole real sh*t
That devil need to stick to that wack ass operating system and stop trying to wipe nikkas out all the time.
Cobalt Sire
All Star
Not falling for it Bill. Test it on your race first.
Black Lives Matters, tho, that's why they should be the first to take the vaccine 
. They just want you to be the healthiest, see? 
Fall into a predatory trap once again, brehs. 
Call astute observations "conspiracies", brehs. 
. They just want you to be the healthiest, see? Fall into a predatory trap once again, brehs. Call astute observations "conspiracies", brehs. 
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O.T.I.S. said:
Let me put it this way: Remember back when they were first trying to develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS? Would it have made sense to administer it to EVERYBODY or those most at-risk, first?
Cobalt Sire
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We're only more at risk because we're essential workers. There's no telling what kind of side effects or permanent damage can be caused from this vaccine. We don't need it or want it. Take your agent, white supremacist ass on, fakkit.
*snickers in Henrietta Lacks*You first Bill
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I am The Wrench in all your plans....
Uwhy is thiß muthafukka so adamant that Africans and African Americans take these vaccines?!?
why don't someone just ask him on front street why should black Americans take a vaccine you going hard for when they have no reason to trust it In the first place being the ones that was experimented upon in the first place?!?
why don't you go to Italy and ask the Italian govt to test the vaccine on them because they was hit the hardest!!! FOH!!!
why don't someone just ask him on front street why should black Americans take a vaccine you going hard for when they have no reason to trust it In the first place being the ones that was experimented upon in the first place?!? why don't you go to Italy and ask the Italian govt to test the vaccine on them because they was hit the hardest!!!
FOH!!!
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Cobalt Sire said:
That's what the trials are to determine. Just like almost every vaccine prior.
We'll know the long-term effects (if any) way before it is released generally.
The rest of your post is just dumb.
We'll know the long-term effects (if any) way before it is released generally.
The rest of your post is just dumb.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates harshly criticized the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic saying its refusal to work with other countries has caused a 'vacuum' in solving the global problem.
- Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the United States created a 'vacuum' with its refusal to work with other countries in the coronavirus response
- He said it was more concerned with 'trying to cast blame' than working on a global response to the pandemic
- The billionaire hoped 'rationality will reappear' and the U.S. would join with WHO
- Bill and his wife Melinda have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a coronavirus vaccine through their foundation
- Melinda said black Americans should be among the first to receive it
- The couple made the comments at a philanthropy summit hosted by Forbes
Gates said that the U.S. had been more concerned with 'trying to cast blame' for the spread of the virus instead of collaborating with other countries in eradicating it, blasting the 'inward' approach the country has taken.
- He added that he believed 'rationality will reappear from someone' and the U.S. will rejoin the efforts of the World Health Organization, which President Trump said he was withdrawing from earlier this year.
Melinda Gates seconded his support of WHO's work, later adding that when a vaccine is available, black Americans should be among the first to receive it.
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Bill and Melinda Gates spoke out about their concerns the U.S. needs to step up and work with other countries in fighting coronavirus at recent philanthropy summit hosted by Forbes
The billionaire couple donates hundreds of millions of dollars to global health causes through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
They have donated more than $300million to the search for a coronavirus vaccine.
'One of the reasons we are so involved in this is that you don't want the first vaccines to go to the highest-bidding countries,' Melinda explained.
'There are 60 million healthcare workers [around the world]. They deserve to get the vaccine first, they're the ones dealing with this on the front lines, trying to keep us all safe. And then you have to start to tier from there, based on the countries and the populations.
'Here in the United States, it's going to be black people who really should get it first and many indigenous people, as well as people with underlying symptoms, and then elderly people.'
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The couple were speaking on June 19 at the ninth annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy that was held virtually for the first time because of the pandemic.
'Usually the United States plays a role in global problem-solving, so rather than withdrawing from WHO, they'd be involved, collaborating with other countries, not just trying to cast blame. It's a tricky situation, where the U.S. sort of turned inward on this one,' Bill told the summit.
'We're trying to stitch different country efforts together. The European leaders are trying to fill that vacuum.
'[U.S. inaction] erodes the kind of relationship and admiration and self-confidence that people have had in us as a country,' Gates continued, as he added that he hoped the U.S. would eventually step up and act on a global scale in the same way that it had in fighting polio, smallpox and malaria.
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The couple have donated more than $300million to the search for a coronavirus vaccine
The couple said that they had made the decision to throw their support behind WHO despite understanding that it is 'not even close to perfect'.
'But it is what the world set up after World War II to deal with things like this pandemic,' Melinda said.
'And so it is caught now between the tensions between the United State and China, those geopolitics, but we felt, as philanthropists, it was incredibly important to put our voices behind a partner we know to be true.'
'At some point there needs to be a responsible plan for how the U.S. cooperates with other countries about health things,' Bill added.
'WHO is involved in smallpox eradication and the U.S., our relationship with WHO is key there.
'Polio, we are close, we're down to just a few countries and that's very much WHO - where both our money, U.S. money, other countries give to that.
'You hope that in terms of protecting people's lives, there eventually is a serious discussion about how the world works together,' he continued.
'Congress seems very interested in the U.S. not being so weak, that it's other countries that figure out these global problems.'
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Since stepping down from his role as the top executive at Microsoft, Gates has devoted himself to philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
One of the organization's main functions is to eradicate disease in underdeveloped parts of the world.
Gates' newfound expertise on infectious diseases has made him a frequent commentator on television during news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gates said that the pandemic has disrupted his foundation's earlier projects which included eradicating polio and vaccinating children in low-income countries.
The foundation has so far committed $305million toward research for a coronavirus vaccine.
Gates pledged that before the pandemic is over, 'we will end up spending a lot more.'
I'm not taking that shyt.
