The world’s second richest man, Bill Gates, has revealed how he had to explain the difference between Human Papillomavirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus to the U.S. President Donald Trump on two separate occasions.
Gates made this revelation during a show that aired on MSNBC on Thursday.
During the show, the Microsoft founder explained the details of recent conversations he has had with America’s 45th president.
In the new footage showing him speaking in front of an audience at a Gates Foundation event, Gates said: “He wanted to know the difference between HIV and HPV.”
As the audience laughed, Gates smiled and continued: “So, I was able to explain that those were rarely confused with each other.”
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the name for a group of viruses that affect your skin and the moist membranes lining your body, while HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and disease. If left untreated, HIV can result in AIDS.
Gates was quizzed on the differences between the two conditions during a get-together at Trump Tower when Gates mentioned that science and innovation were great things.
That conversation broadly covered energy, health and education, “big things you want to do that are big, an HIV vaccine that you could accelerate,” said Gates.
However, the president was considering a commission to look into the ill effects of vaccines, and was bewildered about HIV and HPV.
Mr Gates explained that when he saw him in March 2017 in the White House, “he asked me if vaccines weren’t a bad thing.”
While the U.S. President may struggle with the difference between HIV and HPV, he knows a lot about Gates’ daughter, Jennifer, a show jumper. A disclosure, Gates’ wife, Melinda didn’t like.
Source: AFP
