Facebook founder wants to eradicate all diseases with £2.3bn - not even one fifth of the NHS Scotland's annual budget
Do you think Mark Zuckerberg can cure all diseases?
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 82
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg hit the headlines this week when he claimed he and his wife Priscilla Chan plan to donate $3 billion (£2.3bn) to research ways to cure all diseases via their Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Delivering a lecture in San Francisco, Zuckerberg, estimated to be worth £42bn, said he wants to “cure, prevent or manage all disease” by the end of this century.
But, considering NHS Scotland had an operating budget of £12.1bn last year, we are asking if anyone thinks Zuckerberg is for real?
Does he really believe he can fund the cure to all diseases with a fraction of that cash or is this just the latest act of someone craving publicity to massage his own God complex?
Let us know what you think by voting above and leaving a comment below.
