When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Microsoft founder Bill Gates was the most powerful and provocative private individual operating within global public health.
Today, we look at the role he has played in public health and his latest mission: procuring Covid-19 vaccines for countries in the developing world.
Guest: Megan Twohey, an investigative reporter for The New York Times; Nicholas Kulish, an enterprise reporter for The Times.
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