VANCOUVER: Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference on Wednesday as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic.
The Microsoft software mogul and philanthropist called for "germ games not war games" to train response forces and reveal holes in defenses.
"The Ebola epidemic was a wake-up call to get ready," Gates said during an on-stage presentation at TED in Vancouver.
"There is no need to panic -- we don't need to horde cans and spaghetti in the basement -- but we should get going."
A room off a hallway was transformed into an Ebola station where TED attendees got a taste of meticulous and tedious precautions health care workers must use to prevent infection.
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