Last year's investing in covid is just chump change , gotta have money to make money.
Gates foundation had been distributing about $5bn a year before the pandemic hit, but boosted this to $6.7bn last year as it spent heavily on Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments. Mark Suzman, its chief executive, told the Financial Times that it had decided to maintain this elevated level of grantmaking because the pandemic had dealt a historic setback to other anti-poverty and development efforts around the world.