Bill Gates: The Next Outbreak? We’re Not Ready (2015)

> So next time, we might not be so lucky. You can have a virus where people feel well enough while they're infectious that they get on a plane or they go to a market. The source of the virus could be a natural epidemic like Ebola, or it could be bioterrorism.

> There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement. But we need to get going, because time is not on our side.

Spot on. That's the novel coronavirus. We are not ready and that's why everyone is panicking.

“If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus”