The Microsoft cofounder has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into coronavirus vaccine research using the Gates Foundation, including the vaccine by AstraZeneca, and has urged governments and corporations around the world to create enough vaccines for every person on the planet.
Bill Gates doesn’t expect the US to receive a government-approved coronavirus vaccine until at least the end of October, but said there’s a “tiny, tiny chance” that Pfizer and Moderna could collect enough data to apply for Federal Drug Administration approval before then.