Bill Gates is sending at-home coronavirus tests to Seattle residents

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Bill Gates is funding a new disease surveillance program called SCAN that delivers at-home coronavirus tests to people in Seattle to detect cases of COVID-19.
SCAN is not meant to replace widespread testing, but by taking a sample of sick and healthy people, the program could become a helpful tool for monitoring the spread of the virus.
Seattle residents can sign up to participate in SCAN online.
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In 2015, Bill Gates told us that we weren’t ready for the next epidemic. Five years later, his fears have been realized, as the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 4.2 million people and killed nearly 300,000. Although he might not have been able to convince us to prepare for a highly contagious virus, Gates is now doing what he can to mitigate its effects, mostly by investing a ton of money in vaccine research and development.

Unfortunately, even if we find a safe, effective vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, chances are that it won’t be ready for mass production until next year at the earliest, which is why Gates isn’t stopping at spending billions on factories. In a blog post this week, Gates introduced a new disease surveillance program in Seattle that will help the city detect COVID-19 cases, and hopefully provide information that can be applied in other areas around the world.

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