# Bill Gates Regrets Not Calling More Attention to the Danger of Pandemics

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Digital Trends reports:

_Bill Gates has been warning government leaders about a global pandemic for years, but the coronavirus still caught nations off guard — and the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder said that’s one of his biggest regrets. “[I wish I had done more to call attention to the danger](https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/bill-gates-coronavirus-regrets-covid-19/),” Gates told the Wall Street Journal. “I feel terrible. The whole point of talking about it was that we could take action and minimize the damage…”_

 

[C]onvincing politicians to spend vast amounts of money on something that wasn’t an immediate threat proved a difficult task, according to Gates.

_He told the Wall Street Journal that [he regrets not pushing harder](https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-19-11589207803)._