Hi, I'm Rashida Jones, and I consider myself a pretty rational person most of the time.

And I really try not to be an alarmist, but I have to say that I've become increasingly

worried about the state of the world and about the future.

And every day, to me, it seems to be getting a little worse.

Hi, I'm Bill Gates, and I actually think things will be all right.

You do.

I do, but I'm an optimist.

Yeah, I don't think I am.

Let's talk.

So today, we're going to talk about the big question around COVID.

In this country alone, we've seen a quarter of a million deaths, and the infection rates

are still spiking.

These are big numbers.

If we get a vaccine soon enough, then maybe we'll have less than a doubling in the total

number of deaths.

I have to say the economic damage is worse than I expected.

And even once we get done, we're going to have a lot of ketchup on schooling and mental

health.

But there is some room for hope, right?

I mean, vaccines have gone to trial faster than ever before.

That's the only very positive thing that we can look forward to is the likelihood of

many of these vaccines working is actually pretty high.

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