This is

C.N.C. producer Katie Kramer.

Today on our podcast, Bill Gates on coronavirus

and can we get back to a normal life?

The solution for that is to have a great vaccine that's

gotten out to a high percentage of the population. Even in the US that's not likely until probably mid 2021.

The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder on cutting through vaccine conspiracy theories.

It's not surprising that people are looking for

simple explanations in a very uncertain time but hopefully they'll look to the

facts, understand the values of the people that they're thinking about and understand that, you know, we're in this together.

Getting back to school. I'm a big believer that for young children, the benefits in almost every location,

particularly if you can protect the teachers well,

the benefits outweigh the cost.

And on that other tech lumbinary, Elon Musk.

Well, Elon's positioning is to maintain a high level of outrageous comments.

You know, he's not much involved in vaccines.

He makes a great electric car and his rockets work well.

All that and more, the full interview you'll hear only on this

podcast. It's Tuesday July 28th 2020 Squawk Pod begins right after this.

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