Thank you for your response and noble (if socially naive) pursuit of truth / honesty.
To be honest (in return), the main intent of my post above is to inform critical readers about the mentioned pandemic simulation that was carried out in October of 2019, and allow them to consider for themselves what that implies. Just informing / expanding the conversation. What people think about BG is irrelevant to me, I just saw that it was the topic being discussed here. :)
*edit: also I deliberately took the extreme stance/tone (TRUST BILL) because it seems obviously absurd and contradicts bigger picture critical thinking. Speculative tone (which would've been more honest) is always rejected as weak. So I say "Trust Bill, because x," when I actually want to say, "are you aware of x?" By taking a stance I'm being dishonest and inflammatory but generating discussion / thought and hopefully avoiding censorship and outright dismissal due to existing biases. Sole intention is to expand the overton, generate thought / discussion / awareness of fact. No one else in these comments brought up E201 and many likely haven't heard of it, but it is worthy of consideration and some may find it interesting!
Like it or not, BG is among the few public figures who currently hold any authority/insight on this situation. Watch his TED Talk from 2015. Look at his Foundation's activity.
See Event 201 from 6 months ago: "The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated areas where public/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences." (http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/)
So basically as recently as last year he was simulating/preparing for the chaos we are experiencing now: "Event 201 simulates an outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe pandemic. The pathogen and the disease it causes are modeled largely on SARS, but it is more transmissible in the community setting by people with mild symptoms. ...
There is no possibility of a vaccine being available in the first year. There is a fictional antiviral drug that can help the sick but not significantly limit spread of the disease. ...
Since the whole human population is susceptible, during the initial months of the pandemic, the cumulative number of cases increases exponentially, doubling every week. And as the cases and deaths accumulate, the economic and societal consequences become increasingly severe." (http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/scenario.htm...)
This sounds somewhat similar to what we're experiencing now, and it was Bill Gates who possessed the foresight to see this before anyone else. If anyone knows what's going on and what will happen in the coming future, it's him. Know when to follow. You can question his motives and intentions, but you must recognize his superior knowledge and preparedness.