It seems perfectly reasonable to have been initially skeptical of mRNA and not fund those efforts in January, it was an unproven technology and that’s a judgment call, but as data came in that got less reasonable, especially with the contacts Gates has access to.
CEPI is partly founded and funded by the Gates Foundation even when the linked article doesn’t say so explicitly. Pretending like Gates was skeptical of mRNA in January seems like you didn’t look at who the players are.
I’m trying to be charitable, and I also see ‘excited enough to do research but skeptical enough to not pre-build the factory’ as a reasonable position.
(And I think it’s clear that this was me attempting to learn about the players. Gates Foundation declined my request for information, saying they lacked time to schedule an interview, despite my offer to postpone for up to a week.)
CEPI is partly founded and funded by the Gates Foundation even when the linked article doesn’t say so explicitly. Pretending like Gates was skeptical of mRNA in January seems like you didn’t look at who the players are.
I’m trying to be charitable, and I also see ‘excited enough to do research but skeptical enough to not pre-build the factory’ as a reasonable position.
(And I think it’s clear that this was me attempting to learn about the players. Gates Foundation declined my request for information, saying they lacked time to schedule an interview, despite my offer to postpone for up to a week.)