Can Bill Gates Vaccinate the World?

<p>When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Microsoft founder Bill Gates was the most powerful and provocative private individual operating within global public health.</p><p>Today, we look at the role he has played in public health and his latest mission: procuring Covid-19 vaccines for countries in the developing world.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/megan-twohey?smid=pc-thedaily">Megan Twohey</a>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times; and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-kulish?searchResultPosition=0?smid=pc-thedaily">Nicholas Kulish</a>, an enterprise correspondent covering philanthropy, wealth and nonprofits for The Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Bill Gates is working with the World Health Organization, drugmakers and nonprofits to tackle the coronavirus, including in the world’s poorest nations.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/world/bill-gates-vaccine-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=9?smid=pc-thedaily"> Can they do it?</a></li><li>An operation to supply billions of vaccine doses to poorer countries got underway last week. But as rich countries buy most of the available supply,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/world/africa/covax-vaccine-inequality.html?searchResultPosition=6?smid=pc-thedaily"> stark inequalities remain</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a></p><p>Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>