Or another way of looking at this is its sad that it takes something happening to someone close for them to give a damn. Maybe if people with money cared cures would be made faster instead of waiting until it hits them right at home ? Something that could maybe be avoided for future families ? But nope they just don't care unless it hits them. So no Bill Gates does not get kudos for this in this regard as he WOULD NOT CARE OTHERWISE

@Dilly
erm.......rriiiiight. because if you had $100million dollars in your bank account giving it all away for cures for diseases is the only thing you'll do with all that money. please stop taking the "holier than thou" route here. whether hes contributed because of family reasons or otherwise, he's still contributed more than you ever will.

DillyDilly, how nice of you to ignore all the other funding the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation does do like trying to make a polio free world. Did someone in his family have polio? Go look up the foundation and stop being so salty.