During an event at the Munich Security Conference, Bill Gates said that “sadly” Omicron is a “type of vaccine” and has “done a better job getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines.”
The Microsoft co-founder made the remarks after being asked to assess where the world was at in its fight against COVID-19.
“Sadly, the virus itself, particularly, the variant called omicron, is a type of vaccine, that is it creates both B-cell and T-cell immunity, and it’s done a better job getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines,” Gates lamented.
The billionaire went on to point out that 80 per cent of Africans have either been vaccinated or infected with one of the variants (with the minority having been vaccinated).
“That means the chance of severe disease, which is mainly associated with being elderly and having obesity or diabetes, those risks are now dramatically reduced because of that infection, exposure,” said Gates.
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