“Most governments take advantage of their scientists and listen to them. They don't undermine them and attack them.”

As quoted in "Bill Gates slams U.S. on Covid: Most governments listen to their scientists, not attack them" (14 October 2020) https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/bill-gates-slams-us-on-covid-most-governments-listen-to-scientists.html <br class="br">2020s

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