Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates doesn't
agree with Bono's prediction of an AIDS-free generation by 2015.
Bono, the frontman for U2, said in a
This Week interview that an AIDS-free generation was within
sight.
“There's a chance of having the first
AIDS-free generation by 2015, 2016. We can see it. We could lose
that, if we lose the political will,” Bono told George
Stephanopoulos on Sunday, World AIDS Day.
(Related: U2's
Bono on World AIDS Day: The end is near.)
Appearing on CNN, Gates appeared to
disagree.
“We're making great progress on
AIDS,” Gates said. “But we have over 30 million people who are
living with the disease. We don't have a cure. And so we have to
keep them on drugs to keep them alive and that requires not only
generosity but getting very innovative about how we reach that kind
of a number. We need a vaccine, or a tool to prevent people from
getting infected. So there is still a lot to be done, even though we
have made progress. We're going to be living with some level of AIDS
for decades to come.”
(Related: Obama
pledges $100 million to cure HIV/AIDS.)