‘Recipe For Disaster’: Bill Gates Urges Nationwide Shutdown To Combat U.S. Coronavirus Crisis

Forbes April 1, 2020
Isabel Togoh

Topline: Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates has ramped up his calls for tougher U.S. action to beat COVID-19 and urged a “consistent” nationwide shutdown in an op-ed published in the Washington Post, as confirmed cases of the coronavirus near 200,000.

• The world’s second-richest person has been a vocal critic of U.S. authorities’ initial response to COVID-19, and urged shutdowns everywhere, in the op-ed published on Wednesday: “Here’s How to Make Up for Lost Time on COVID-19.”
• The philanthropist laid out three steps to combat the virus in the U.S.: A nationwide shutdown, increased testing (with healthcare workers at the front of the queue), and a “a data-based approach to developing treatments and a vaccine.”
• Gates, 64, wrote: “Despite urging...