This is Squawk Pod. I'm C.M. to see producer Katie Kramer. Today on our podcast, Bill Gates,

The Computer Genius and Philanthropist on the coronavirus Pandemic.

We won't be totally back to normal

until we basically eliminated this on a global basis

because even countries that had competent responses like South Korea, Australia,

they still see infections coming back from time to time.

Gates sits down with Becky Quick for a candid interview touching on everything from pandemic responses

around the world to COVID conspiracies.

You know, two people are most targeted and those are Dr. Fauchy and myself.

Have you talked to Dr. Fauchy about it?

Yeah, he and I, well, he and I don't talk about the conspiracy theories because, you know, neither he or I know how to stop that.

You'll hear about the Gates Foundation's partnership with Eli Lilly and a timeline for the coronavirus vaccine.

The sooner we deliver that somewhat bad news to people so they can get ready for what will be a tough all the better.

I think several of the vaccines are likely to get approved by the first quarter.

By summer, we ought to have dropped the numbers, both the deaths and the transmission a lot.

Plus the Microsoft co-founder on Big Tech, breaking up.

I was naive at Microsoft and didn't realize that our success would lead to government

attention and so I made some mistakes.

It's Wednesday October 14th, 2020, Squawk Pod.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest philanthropies, has committed $350 million to

coronavirus response.

As founder of Microsoft and one of the world's richest humans, Bill Gates has turned his attention

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