A Pathogen Could Kill 33 Million People — Possibly Through Bioterrorism
Scott Olson/Getty Images
Bill Gates was speaking at the Munich Security conference when he said a fast-moving airborne pathogen could “kill more than 30 million people in less than a year.” Whether from terrorism, by accident, or through a mutation, Gates worries that we are on the verge of another Spanish Flu type epidemic. The Spanish Flu incident was the most recent example of a deadly virus attack and occurred in 1918. With a growing percentage of people in the United States refusing vaccinations, this is a scary scenario that could feasibly play out within the next 15 years as Gates predicts.
