Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.
The
Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400
people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest
it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if
not addressed.
We need to get Ebola under control in the near
term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global
health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like
HIV or polio.
We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.
Grants
like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work.
These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local
staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.
We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.
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