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Bill Gates revealed that this year was one of "great personal sadness"

The confinements on account of the coronavirus were not easy for anyone, especially since the way of interacting, socializing, talking with others and others was largely lost.

For the tycoon Bill Gates, this year was one of the saddest especially because of that he has been lost to the pandemic. On his personal blog, the Microsoft founder fully opened up to those who read it and assured that he went through several difficult situations.

“When Paul and I founded Microsoft, we had a vision that personal computers would one day play an important role in people's lives. But I don't think any of us envisioned a future in which they would be your only connection to the world, "he said.

In that sense, he stated that his only interaction was through a screen: "Like many people, this year there were entire days in which the only human interaction I had was through a screen."

Although the pandemic broke out in 2020 and it was that year in which the whole world shut down completely, the truth is that humanity reached normalcy before it happened, but for Gates, 2021 was worse because it never had a normal life.

“2020 had a brief period of relative normalcy before COVID-19 turned it all upside down. In 2021, the pandemic has dominated our lives from day one. We have all had to adapt to a “new normal”, although what seems to be different for each person. For me, the result has been a year that I have spent mainly online, "he said on his blog.

In that sense, he expressed: “It has been a strange and disorienting experience. My personal world has never felt smaller than in the last twelve months. "

Although he spoke about how the pandemic has affected his social life and the projects he was working on this year, the truth is that he recognized that many are interested in his personal life and a topic that marked his history and was his divorce. with Melinda.

"Melinda and I continue to run our foundation together and we have found a good new rhythm of work, but I cannot deny that it has been a year of great personal sadness for me," he said.

And he also acknowledged that this process has not been easy for his family: “Adapting to change is never easy, whatever it is. I have been impressed by how resilient my loved ones - especially my children - have been in this difficult time. "

In other aspects of his personal life, the millionaire assured that his family went through several changes this year: “My family has also experienced many changes beyond what you have probably seen on the news. My oldest daughter, Jenn, got married this fall, and her wedding was the highlight of my year . Our youngest daughter, Phoebe, graduated from high school and went on to college, ”she wrote on her blog.

He finally spoke about normality after the pandemic, but he was not so hopeful, as he assured that at one point he thought that vaccination against the coronavirus would be a great step towards normality, but this seems more difficult to achieve, according to what he said.

"Although I think that is true in some respects - millions of people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the world is somewhat closer to normal - the improvement has not been as dramatic as I expected. More people died from COVID in 2021 than in 2020, " he said.

In addition, he referred to the emergence of variants of the covid-19 virus and showed his optimism again, ensuring that, although the new strains are worrisome, " the world is better prepared to tackle potentially bad variants than at any other point of the pandemic so far ”.