It's TED Talks Daily. I'm your host, Elise Hu. Bill Gates warned about the risks of a pandemic

years ago, long before coronavirus spread across the globe. Now, the technologist and philanthropist

has a bold proposal to stop outbreaks before they become pandemics. He outlines how in his talk from

TED 2022. Stick around after the talk for his Q&A with Helen Walters, Ted's head of curation.

In the year 6C.E. A fire devastated Rome. In response, Emperor Augustus did something that had never been done before

in the history of the empire. He created a permanent team of firefighters.

Augustus understood that individuals alone can't protect themselves from fires. They need help from the

community. When one person's house is on fire, that creates a risk for everyone else's homes.

And so what we've had these last few years is like a horrific global fire.

The COVID pandemic has killed millions and upended economies.

And we want to stop that from happening again.

COVID, it's hard to overstate how awful it's been.

It's increased the health and equities between the rich and the poor.

Survival depended partly on your income, your race, the neighborhood you lived in. And so we should

seize this opportunity to create a world where everyone has a chance to live a healthy and productive life.

Also, a life free from the fear of the next COVID-19.

When I was on this stage in 2015, I was one of many people who said,

we weren't ready and we needed to get ready.

We didn't.

The speech actually was watched by a lot of people,

but 90% of the views were after it was too late.

So now I hope the need is clear. And of course we've learned a lot. During this pandemic,

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