In this screengrab, (L-R) Melinda Gates and Bill Gates speak during “One World: Together At Home” presented by Global Citizen on April, 18, 2020.
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Scientists and health officials may find a vaccine that is effective in preventing Covid-19 by the end of this year “if we’re lucky,” billionaire philanthropist and former tech executive Melinda Gates told CNBC on Tuesday.
Producing a usable vaccine is a long process that requires extensive study of viable vaccine candidates, Gates told CNBC’s Sara Eisen during an interview that aired on “Closing Bell.”
“Then to make sure, okay, when we put it in our bodies, it’s not gonna create more harm,” said Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has donated $100 million to coronavirus vaccine and treatment efforts. “So yes, we may get one of those candidates if we’re lucky by the end of the year.”
Even if scientists do find a vaccine in record time, they would still need to make millions and eventually billions of…
