How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

By: Bill Gates

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over. But even as governments around the world try to get it under control, they’re also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent another pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy?

Can we even hope to accomplish this? Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and he has written a largely upbeat book that lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should learn from COVID-19, explains the science of fighting pandemics, and suggests what all of us can do to help prevent another one.

*Includes a downloadable PDF with reference charts, graphs, illustrations, photographs, and a glossary, from the printed book

Cover design by Carl De Torres

Critic reviews

“In this concise and lucid book, global health activist Gates reflects on the current COVID-19 pandemic, considers future ones, and renders several sensible recommendations for prevention . . . Passionate but never preachy, Gates delivers an expert, well-reasoned, and robust appeal for the world to unite in averting upcoming pandemics.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Gates delivers a thoughtful exploration of how lessons learned from Covid-19 can inform future global public health policies. In accessible prose, he spells out steps for preventing future pandemics, among them creating a global task force dedicated to doing so . . . Gates is realistic about what he’s up against . . . but he does a good job of making [the task force’s] $1 billion price tag seem reasonable.” —Publishers Weekly

pdf

pdf is very low quality so do a better one next time please and this is it

Excellent and Practical

Like the helpful review of what went right and wrong as we dealt with Covid, and who needs to do what when and where to protect us from pandemics going forward. Sorry to say the challenges are huge, though not as huge as challenges in dealing with climate change. Thankfully BG quantifies as he goes along, like $20 billion spent to get Covid vaccines developed, $1 billion a year to staff GERM for WHO level responses to outbreaks, and $40 billion a year to get global healthcare up to BG standards. All quite affordable compared to defense budgets and costs of pandemics. Hope the book gets things done.

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

The last two books that I read by Bill Gates, certify me that he is my favorite author who clearly shows the path to short-term global issues solutions.
What is best regarding his books is that they are based on scientific data and already tested outcomes.
Wonderful reading.

What an enlightening book.

This was a great book to read. The reader’s audio inflections were awesome. From the prologue through the end, it was a very informative piece of work.

A good lesson in public health

Well researched and well written by Bill Gates. worth a listen to know more about public health and the pandemic.