# Cazart! Good work Mr. Gates! $258 million to Malaria Research! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730 "2005-10-31T15:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/1 "2005-10-31T15:56:22Z")
OK…no more cheap shots from me at Bill Gates. The founder & CEO of Microsoft just gave $258 million to malaria research. [http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596\_22-5923651.html](http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596_22-5923651.html) > [@](#): > > “Millions of children have died from malaria because they were not protected by an insecticide-treated bed net or did not receive effective treatment,” Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said in a statement. “If we expand malaria control programs and invest what’s needed in (research and development), we can stop this tragedy.” ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/2 "2005-10-31T16:12:00Z")
I don’t imagine that’s pocket change, even to one of the richest men in the world. Good for him. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/3 "2005-10-31T16:16:25Z")
Yay! I still remember getting malaria at age 15 in India, coming back, and not one single (white) doctor able to diagnose it in the US. It’s still really prevalent in other countries, people! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/4 "2005-10-31T17:14:04Z")
This is great. I heard when he added $50 million it doubled research. This is an evil system we have where billions are spent on 8th treatments for baldness while malaria is ignored. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/5 "2005-10-31T17:19:11Z")
Yeah, Bill’s a good guy. I may never use his org’s operating system, but this kinda makes me want to buy an upgrade to my copy of Excel or something. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/6 "2005-10-31T17:25:39Z")
MMV sounds like a good charity, I gave some money to them. I have been looking for a charity that specializes in medicines for malaria. I need to learn how to independently fundraise for charities like that. That’ll be a good use of my time. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/7 "2005-10-31T18:20:26Z")
Bill donates a surprising amount of money to charities. He really does use his wealth to improve other people’s lives… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cazart-good-work-mr-gates-258-million-to-malaria-research/328730/8 "2005-10-31T18:42:06Z")
In interviews, Gates has said that he subscribes to [Carnegie’s theory](http://www.michaellorenzen.com/carnegie.html). In a nutshell from how I remember Bill Gates explaining it. You spend the first X number of years accumulating wealth and then spend the rest of your life helping out worthy causes with philanthropy. The link was the first hit I found on Google. It looks like a good explanation on what Carnegie did. Jim